Old Man with Spectacles, from Life-Sized Heads

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Thomas Frye

Title

Old Man with Spectacles, from Life-Sized Heads

Place

Ireland (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1760

Medium

Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

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.)

Credit Line

Dorothy Braude Edinburg Collection in honor of Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude

Reference Number

1991.617

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