Man Wearing Turban and Holding a Book

ca. 1760

Thomas Frye

Irish, 1710-1762

Charcoal and chalk on paper

16 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (42.5 x 31.5 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Clark

53.91

Photo: Scott Leen

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1948.

Published ReferencesArt Quarterly XVI, no. 4 (Winter 1953); p. 354 (as Giovanni Battista Piazzetta).

Seattle Art Museum, Engagement Book, April 24, 1955.

Wynne, Michael. "Thomas Frye (1710-1762)." Burlington Magazine 114, no. 827 (Feb. 1972); pp. 80, 82, 84, illus. p. 82, fig. 25, no. 37 in Appendix, cf. p. 80c.

Mandowsky, Edna. Old Master Drawings: Seattle Art Museum Collection Guide. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 1980; cat. no. 43, p. 22, reproduced p. 16.

Egerton, Judy. "Joseph Wright of Derny: 'Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap.'" Art Insitute of Chicago Museum Studies 18, no. 2, British Art: Recent Acquisitions and Discoveries at the Art Institute (1992); pp. 112-123, 183-184.

Laffan, William. Neglected Genius: Thomas Frye, An Irish Artist in London, exh. cat. Dublin: OPW, Dublin Castle, 2024; p. 152, fig. 33, under cat. no. 59.

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