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Female Head by Thomas Frye — VisualArtsDB

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Female Head

Female Head

Female Head

1700–1799

Medium: Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on brown wove paper, laid down on brown wove paper
Dimensions: 27.8 × 22.7 cm (11 × 8 15/16 in.)
Genre: Chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkwhite chalkprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)wove paper

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