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Young Woman Facing Right

1760
18th century
502 x 352 mm (19.8 x 13.9 in.)

Thomas Frye, Irish, (1710–1762)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Mezzotint on laid paper

Print impression quality: Excellent

Series: from set of twelve prints Life-Sized Heads

Marks: Inscribed in plate, lower left: “T. Frye Pictor, Invt., & Sculp.”; inscribed in plate, lower right: “Hatton Garden 1760”; inscribed in image, lower right: “.F.”

Bibliography: Chaloner Smith, 18, only state.

Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1989

Accession Number: 1989.2.1

Commentary

Frye executed only 25 mezzotints; those in the set of twelve "Life-sized Heads" were drawn from life of members of his family or of friends.

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female portraits, portraits*, youth*

female portraits
portraits - Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness; for representations of fictional or mythological characters, use "figures (representations)." [March 1993 lead-in term added. April 1991 descriptor m
youth - Use for people below the age of full maturity, generally 17 years of age and younger. [April 1994 lead-in terms added. September 1993 scope note added. August 1993 related terms added. November 1992 alternate term added. September 1990 lead-in terms added.]

Dimensions

plate Dimensions: 502 x 352 mm (19.8 x 13.9 in.)

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Thomas Frye, Irish, (1710–1762) . Young Woman Facing Right, 1760. From Life-Sized Heads. Mezzotint on laid paper. plate : 502 x 352 mm (19.8 x 13.9 in.). DAC accession number 1989.2.1. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1989. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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