Thomas Frye (1711/12-62)
Her Most Excellent Majesty CHARLOTTE Queen of Great Britain &c. 1762
Mezzotint | 52.0 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 604596
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Mezzotint of Queen Charlotte as queen. Bust length with hair up, tiara, jewelled earrings and necklace with pearl ropes, low gown, and brocade bodice with lace tucker. With English inscription below, including publisher's address, 'Published according to Act of Parliament MAY 24th. 1762, and Sold at the GOLDEN HEAD in Hatton Garden.'
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Mezzotint
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52.0 x 37.2 cm (sheet of paper)
50.0 x 35.2 cm (platemark)
46.7 x 35.0 cm (image)
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O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D (Charlotte Sophia) 17JCS : British Mezzotinto Portraits / by John Chaloner Smith, London 1884 – JCS II, p.517: 2