Young Woman Holding a Fan

1760

Thomas Frye

Associated Names
Thomas Frye

Artist, Irish, 1710 - 1762

The image shows a portrait of a person from the shoulders up. The individual has one hand on their cheek and the other hand holding a walking stick. They have a calm facial expression, with large eyes and a slight smile. Their hair is partly visible under a wide-brimmed hat with ruffles. They wear a garment with ruffled edges and a pearl necklace. The background is plain, directing focus to the person.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 49.4 x 35.3 cm (19 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.129.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 18, State unrecorded proof state

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul McCarron, New York); purchased 1991 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: MG-90-59 1/2-ADEE

Wikidata ID

Q74893968

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