Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
The Temptation on the Mountain
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (43.8 × 29.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R 601 (b)"; center left: "1. 2. | Cities of the Plains | City on the Rock | City not wall'd"; center right: "Close | another city wall"; lower center: "Rock | Very close work | Very smooth nearer [...] or form | but higher | Domes and towers of Nineveh, and wall'd round | N. B. Ciy most made out - nothing like a Spire."; lower left: "Touched proof | with Turner's writing | only"; lower right: "Temptation on the Mount - Proof touched and written on by Turner"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.7928
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Turner and Constable: The Inhabited Landscape (Clark Art Institute, 2018-12-15 - 2019-03-10)Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 37, no. 147, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)