''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage – Italy'' is an 1832 landscape painting by the British artist

J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulen ...

. It depicts a scene from the poem ''

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ''Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'' is a long narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. The poem was published between 1812 and 1818. Dedicated to " Ianthe", it describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man, who is dis ...

'' by Lord Byron. Turner possibly drew some inspiration from his friend Charles Lock Eastlake's 1827 painting ''

Lord Byron's Dream ''Lord Byron's Dream'' is a landscape painting by the British artist and future president of the Royal Academy Charles Lock Eastlake, from 1827. History and description Painted in Rome in 1827 while Eastlake was on an artistic Grand Tour, it wa ...

''. It also reflects the influence of the seventeenth century artist

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.Pfister p.60 It was exhibited at the

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. It was extremely popular with visitors, but critics were unflattering about its use of colour. Is now part of the collection of Tate Britain, having been part of the

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in 1856.

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