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Thomas Frye

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WA-00285693

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WikidataQ3893676 ULAN500003964

Europeana

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Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/thomas-frye
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Europeanahttp://data.europeana.eu/agent/11354
Tier 2 · Strong source85%

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Artworks (16)

Young Man with a Candle, from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 47.2 × 35.1 cm (18 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 36 cm (19 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ipse (Self-Portrait), from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 47.7 × 35.2 cm (18 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 50.7 × 35.3 cm (20 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.4 × 37 cm (20 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Woman Leaning on a Cane, from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on buff laid paper

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Young Man, Looking to the Left (Self-Portrait), from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on off-white laid paper

Plate: 50.2 × 36.5 cm (19 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 54.4 × 39.5 cm (21 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Series of Life-Sized Heads: Mrs. Frye

1760 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Old Man with Spectacles, from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 50.3 × 35.1 cm (19 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.4 × 40.3 cm (21 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Series of Life-Sized Heads: Mrs. Frye

1760 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Man with a Candle, from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 47.2 × 35.1 cm (18 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 36 cm (19 15/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ipse (Self-Portrait), from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 47.7 × 35.2 cm (18 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 50.7 × 35.3 cm (20 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.4 × 37 cm (20 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Man with Spectacles, from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 50.3 × 35.1 cm (19 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.4 × 40.3 cm (21 13/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Woman Leaning on a Cane, from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on buff laid paper

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.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Young Man, Looking to the Left (Self-Portrait), from Life-Sized Heads

1760 · Mezzotint in black on off-white laid paper

Plate: 50.2 × 36.5 cm (19 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 54.4 × 39.5 cm (21 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thomas Wright

1737 · Mezzotint with engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 32.8 × 25.1 cm (12 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 35.2 × 25.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thomas Wright

1737 · Mezzotint with engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 32.8 × 25.1 cm (12 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 35.2 × 25.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Head

1700 · Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on brown wove paper, laid down on brown wove paper

27.8 × 22.7 cm (11 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Female Head

1700 · Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on brown wove paper, laid down on brown wove paper

27.8 × 22.7 cm (11 × 8 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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16 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Art Institute Chicago
14 published14 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img

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2 entries · 1 sources

First Series of Life-Sized Heads: Mrs. Frye
1760 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
First Series of Life-Sized Heads: Mrs. Frye
1760 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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