Thomas Frye
Irish, 1710-1762
Old Woman Leaning on a Cane, from Life-Sized Heads
INV-7602
Thomas Frye
Irish, 1710-17621760
Old Woman Leaning on a Cane, from Life-Sized Heads
Thomas Frye Irish, 1710-1762 →mezzotintprint
Date
1760
Medium
Mezzotint in black on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 47.4 × 35.2 cm (18 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 50.5 × 35.4 cm (19 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 37.8 cm (20 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. George B. Young
Frye's most important work in the graphic media was the mezzotint series of twelve life-sized heads. These monumental portraits are distinctive in the history of English mezzotints; not only is their life-size scale unusual, but they are also original portraits created specifically for the mezzotint medium. Only a few years after their creation, Frye's richly atmospheric mezzotints influenced portraits by Joseph Wright of Derby.
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