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Old Woman Facing Left, Leaning on a Cane

1760
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Old Woman Facing Left, Leaning on a Cane
  • Series/Portfolio: Life-Sized Heads, First Series
  • Artist: Thomas Frye (Irish, Edenderry 1710/11–1762 London)
  • Date: 1760
  • Medium: Mezzotint; second state
  • Dimensions: Plate: 20 × 13 7/8 in. (50.8 × 35.2 cm)
    Sheet: 23 3/8 × 17 1/16 in. (59.4 × 43.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 66.634.22
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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