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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 on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 1/8 × 3 1/2 inches (13 × 8.9 cm), Image: 4 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (11.4 × 7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, lower left: "R 602"; inscribed on mount verso in graphite, lower left: "Milton's Poems 1835 | Print from Book"; lower right: "(Boscombe 1943)"
Lettered, lower left: "J.M.W. Turner, R.A."; lettered, lower right: "F.Bacon."; lettered, lower center: "THE TEMPTATION ON THE PINNACLE."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13735
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39634
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