Young Man holding a Candle
Object Name
Category
Prints
Date
1760
Medium
mezzotint with etching on paper
Credit Line
Gift from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Fund, 1979
Object Number
79/25
Location
Not currently on display but Available for viewing on Wednesdays from 1-4:30 in the Prints and Drawings Study Centre
Dimensions
Sheet (irregular): 51.1 × 35.9 cm (20 1/8 × 14 1/8 in.)
Plate Mark: 50.4 × 35.2 cm (19 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Plate Mark: 50.4 × 35.2 cm (19 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Description
from the series "Life-Sized Heads"
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Signature
Artist's monogram in plate LL: .TF.; in plate below image LL: T. Frye. Pictor. Inv. & Sculp.
Inscription
Inscribed in plate below image LR: Hatton Garden 1760.; Verso centre in graphite pencil: 200; Verso lower left in graphite pencil: 8/4 (crossed out).
Markings
illegible watermark ending with OR, just above centre of sheet, oriented vertically