Young woman, facing and looking slightly to right, dark hat and mantle, necklace, right hand holding fan, left hand to cheek

by Thomas Frye

$2,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A striking, life-size study of character and light, from Thomas Frye’s renowned series, 'Life-sized Heads,' the most ambitious mezzotint portraits of the eighteenth century. Announced by subscription in London in April 1760 as Twelve Mezzotinto Prints, from Designs in the Manner of Piazzetta, drawn from Nature and as large as life, the first series was limited to two hundred sets at a price of two guineas. Its success prompted a second series in 1761-1762, described

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