Prints and Drawings Room
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- After Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
- Medium
- Line engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Transferred from the British Museum 1988
- Reference
- T06188
Display caption
This design was first published as the title-vignette to vol.XV of the 'Life and Works' of Byron, where it can be related to Don Juan's voyage to 'the port Leghorn'. Byron's last months in Italy were spent at Genoa, and this distant view with a ship putting out into the harbour may also be intended to evoke the poet's final sight of Italy and his departure on his fatal Greek campaign in 1823.
Gallery label, May 1992
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