Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Italy
Painting by J. M. W. Turner
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage – Italy is an 1832 landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. It depicts a scene from the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron. Turner possibly drew some inspiration from his friend Charles Lock Eastlake's 1827 painting Lord Byron's Dream.[1] It also reflects the influence of the seventeenth century artist Claude Lorrain.[2]
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1832 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 142.2 cm × 248.3 cm (56.0 in × 97.8 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
| Accession | N00516 |
| Website | tate |
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1832 at Somerset House. It was extremely popular with visitors, but critics were unflattering about its use of colour.[3] Is now part of the collection of Tate Britain, having been part of the Turner Bequest in 1856.
