Thomas Frye
Anglo-Irish artist (c.1710-1762) · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Died at 52
Thomas Frye was an Anglo-Irish artist, best known for his portraits in oil and pastel, including some miniatures and his early mezzotint engravings.
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![Thomas Frye, 1710-62, Thomas Frye, Dated 1759, Oil on canvas, feigned oval, National Portrait Gallery, London Primary Collection
NPG 5471 [1] National Portrait Gallery, London](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Thomas_Frye_by_Thomas_Frye.jpg/1280px-Thomas_Frye_by_Thomas_Frye.jpg)
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He was also the patentee of the Bow porcelain factory, London, and claimed in his epitaph to be "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England," though his rivals at the Chelsea porcelain factory seem to have preceded him in bringing wares to market. The Bow porcelain works did not long survive Frye's death; their final auctions took place in May 1764.
