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Creator:
Print made by Frederick Bacon, 1803–1887
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
The Temptation of the Pinnacle
Additional Title(s):
Title-page Vignette to 'Paradise Regained', Book IV
Part Of:

Collective Title: Milton's Poetical Works (Macrone)

Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving with chine-collé; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 3/4 inches (43.5 × 29.8 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 6 inches (21.6 × 15.2 cm), Image: 4 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (11.4 × 6.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R. 602 (b); lower left: "The Temptation on the Pinnacle - Engraver's Proof"; lower right: "Unfinished in many slight details - Before the alterations on the ^ Pinnacle"

Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bacon."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7931
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:16681
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