Thomas Frye, 1710–1762, Irish, A Man Leaning on a Staff, ca. 1760
- Title:
- A Man Leaning on a Staff
- Date:
- ca. 1760
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black chalk and white chalk on moderately textured laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Frame: 22 7/8 × 18 1/4 × 2 inches (58.1 × 46.4 × 5.1 cm), Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (40 × 32.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2007.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- man | portrait | profile | staff
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:57086
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The Irish-born Thomas Frye was one of the most innovative artists in mid-eighteenth century Britain, whose impact on his generation has only recently been properly understood. He seems to have moved to London at an early age and embarked on a career as a painter, pastelist, and printmaker, as well as a porcelain manufacturer, being one of the founders of the Bow porcelain works. Among his last projects was a remarkable series of twelve expressive heads, which he reproduced in mezzotint and which enjoyed popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. These heads had a considerable influence on his contemporaries, including Joseph Wright of Derby. This example in black chalk represents and old man burdened by time and was reproduced by Wright for a figure in his two paintings of a Blacksmith’s Shop (both 1771), one of which is shown on the Center’s fourth floor. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-05-22 - 2008-08-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery, 2007-11-17 - 2008-02-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Elizabeth E. Barker, Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool, Yale University Press, Liverpool New Haven, 2007, p. 179, no. 54, NJ18 W95 B36 2007 + (YCBA) [YCBA]
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