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Frederick Bacon

English printmaker (1803–1887)

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Images from the collections

Images by Frederick Bacon

9 images from works
  • A girl stands in front of her grandmother who is holding a letter which she is questioning the girl about. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.C. Wood.
  • Two young children comfort their mother as she mourns at the tomb of her dead husband. Engraving by F. Bacon after Miss L. Sharpe.
  • Joseph Hume. Engraving by F. Bacon after G. P. A. Healy.
  • Three women in a post office, curious about a local resident, surreptitiously read a sealed letter addressed to him. Engraving by F. Bacon after H. Richter.
  • A young woman in distress at an altar being pressed by a cleric to read a passage of the Bible. Engraving by F. Bacon after Solomon Hart.
  • Two young children comfort their mother as she mourns at the tomb of her dead husband. Engraving by F. Bacon after Miss L. Sharpe.
  • A faun surrounded by fairies. Engraving by F. Bacon, 1840, after D. Maclise.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. Bacon after W. Etty.
  • A prisoner sits in his cell and carves the Crucifixion in the wall with a nail. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.H. Wehnert.

Works from the collections

13 works

    • Pictures

    The body of King Harold II being interred after the battle of Hastings. Engraving by F. Bacon, 1851, after F.R. Pickersgill, 1847.

    | Frederick Richard Pickersgill | Date: 1851 | Reference: 2970993i
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    The flight of Francesco Novello di Carrara, Lord of Padua, with his wife Taddea D'Este, from Padua under attack by Milan. Engraving by F. Bacon after C.L. Eastlake.

    | Charles Lock Eastlake | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 3162395i
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    A young woman in distress at an altar being pressed by a cleric to read a passage of the Bible. Engraving by F. Bacon after Solomon Hart.

    | Solomon Hart | Reference: 30682i
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    Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. Bacon after W. Etty.

    | William Etty | Reference: 6651i
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    A prisoner sits in his cell and carves the Crucifixion in the wall with a nail. Engraving by F. Bacon after E.H. Wehnert.

    | Edward Henry Wehnert | Date: 1848 | Reference: 28886i
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