Thomas Frye was born at Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1710; in his youth he went to London to practice as an artist. His earliest work are a pair of pastel portraits of boys, one dated 1734 (Earl of Iveagh). For the Worshipful Company of Saddlers he painted a full-length portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1736, destroyed 1940), which he engraved in mezzotint and published in 1741. With his silent partner, a London merchant Edward Heylin, … Wikipedia
Thomas Frye [British Painter, 1710-1762] Guide to pictures of works by Thomas Frye in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/frye_thomas.html
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