Print made by Frederick Bacon, 1803–1887, British, The Temptation of the Pinnacle, 1835
- Title:
- The Temptation of the Pinnacle
- Additional Title(s):
- Title-page Vignette to 'Paradise Regained', Book IV
- Part Of:
- 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
- Export:
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- IIIF Manifest:
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