Frye (Thomas) Portrait of an elderly lady holding cane, from: 'Ladies, very elegantly attired in the fashion, and in the most agreeable attitudes', mezzotint, 1760.

Frye (Thomas, portrait painter, mezzotinter and porcelain manufacturer, c. 1710-1762) Portrait of an elderly lady holding cane, from: 'Ladies, very elegantly attired in the fashion, and in the most agreeable attitudes', traditionally thought to be a portrait of the artist's wife, mezzotint, an excellent richly inked impression, with burr to the first letters in the lettered margin, on laid paper with small armorial watermark, platemark 505 x 350 mm (19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), sheet 520 x 370 mm (20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in), hinged with tabs into mount, small marginal split in the upper centre, minor surface dirt, unframed, 1760.

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