Oil paint on canvas
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Robert Vernon
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Haidée a Greek Girl
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
adults
clothing and personal items
coat
dress: nations/regions
Greece
Greek
Haidée
hat
individuals: female
jewellery
named individuals
nationality
objects
people
portraits
society
woman
<p>Painted in Rome - where Turner could have seen it in Eastlake's studio - this is a realisation of the beautiful island-dweller in Byron's controversial and sensual poem 'Don Juan'. Haidée personifies the philhellenic spirit of the times and a northerner's yearning for the warmth and freedom of the South or the exotic East. This picture is a striking image of a Byronic type, and was considered by the Duke of Wellington to be the best exhibit in the Royal Academy in 1831.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 1992</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
28 September 2008 – 11 January 2009
2009-01-11
28 September 2008 – 11 January 2009
2009-01-11
2008-09-28
LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Westfälisches (Munster, Germany)
http://landesmuseum.lwl.org
2008-09-28
Destinations of Desire - Artists on the Road
Loan-out
Haidée, a Greek Girl
support: 635 × 508 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>Painted in Rome - where Turner could have seen it in Eastlake's studio - this is a realisation of the beautiful island-dweller in Byron's controversial and sensual poem 'Don Juan'. Haidée personifies the philhellenic spirit of the times and a northerner's yearning for the warmth and freedom of the South or the exotic East. This picture is a striking image of a Byronic type, and was considered by the Duke of Wellington to be the best exhibit in the Royal Academy in 1831.</p>
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1992-05-14T00:00:00
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adults clothing and personal items coat dress: nations/regions Greece Greek Haidée hat individuals: female jewellery named individuals nationality objects people portraits society woman