George Gordon Byron, Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770-1844, May 1831, Sculpture, Statue, Childe Harold is what is written on the book, and this identifies the man. Containing certain autobiographical features spanning the years 1812-18, Child Harold’s Pilgrimage, was in fact the work that marked the English poet Lord Byron’s (1788-1824) breakthrough. Thorvaldsen portrays him in the elevated moment of creation. By placing him on fragments of ancient buildings, he also emphasises the poet’s profound interest in Greece

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