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Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Dark Hat and Holding a Folded Fan
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Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Dark Hat and Holding a Folded Fan

Primary (Dublin (?), Ireland, circa 1710–London, England, 1762)
NationalityIrish, Europe
Date1760
MediumMezzotint
DimensionsSheet: 23 7/16 × 18 1/4 in. (59.5 × 46.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 19 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (50.3 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1997.93
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1997.93
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Label Text
This study comes from a series of twelve plates. They render types rather than known individuals in casual poses, at close range and life-size. Their immediacy and psychology are unique in British portraiture of the time. This and another series of six female heads published in the following year are Frye’s only works as a printmaker.
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