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dc.contributor.authorFrye, Thomas (Irish painter, 1710-1762)
dc.coverage.spatialNational Portrait Gallery
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-01T12:07:47Z
dc.date.available2008-08-01T12:07:47Z
dc.date.created1761
dc.date.issued2008-08-01T12:07:47Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/19960
dc.descriptionFrye was a clever and versatile artist (Strickland, Irish Artists, p 385) specializing in oil, crayon and miniature portraiture. He also was interested in porcelain manufacture and managed a factory outside London for fifteen years, establishing two patents there during his career. Following his retirement, he returned to art, focusing on mezzotint. He is chiefly known for his `fancy subjects?, a series of large heads published in 1760-61.en
dc.format.extent556190 bytes
dc.format.mediumoil paint (pigmented coating)en
dc.format.mimetypeimage/jpeg
dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.lcshArt, Irishen
dc.subject.lcshPainting, Irishen
dc.subject.lcshPortraiten
dc.subject.lcshAristocracy (Social class)en
dc.subject.lcshGentryen
dc.subject.lcshUpper classen
dc.subject.lcshViolinen
dc.titleJeremy Bentham (1748-1832) painted at age of 13en
dc.typeImageen
dc.contributor.roleartisten
dc.coverage.cultureIrishen
dc.format.extentdimensions180.3 x 119.3 cm
dc.format.supportcanvasen
dc.type.workpaintingen


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