Pictures from Italy
Medium
Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8 in. (17.5 x 11.1 cm) book: 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 13/16 in. (18 x 12 x 2 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2004
Accession Number
2004.482
Art Historical Context
**Pictures from Italy** (1846) is a charming travelogue by the renowned Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, capturing his impressions from a journey through Italy in 1844–45. Published by Bradbury & Evans, the book features evocative wood engravings by Samuel Palmer, a leading figure in British Romanticism known for his visionary landscapes and ties to the "Anci" circle inspired by William Blake. This collaboration blends Dickens' vivid prose with Palmer's poetic imagery, offering 19th-century readers a into Italy's picturesque cities, ruins, and countryside—from Genoa's bustling ports to Rome...
About the Artist
Charles Dickens|Samuel Palmer|Bradbury & Evans (British|British|British) · 1812 |1805 |1830 –1870 |1881 |1930
British, Portsmouth 1812–1870 Rochester|British, London 1805–1881 Redhill, Surrey|