Art Institute of Chicago
Old Woman Leaning on a Cane, from Life-Sized Heads
Thomas Frye
- Date
- 1760
- Medium
- Mezzotint in black on buff laid paper
- Culture
- Ireland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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