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"The Blue Boy" Thomas Gainsborough Print

  Lot # 009
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Thomas Gainsborough Framed Print of "The Blue Boy" in Wood Frame. 

One of the most iconic artworks in British and American history, "The Blue Boy" made around 1770 by English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788). The Blue Boy was long believed to be a portrait of its first owner, Jonathan Buttall, a friend of the Gainsborough family. However, when the painting was first exhibited at London’s Royal Academy in 1770, the artist titled it Portrait of a Young Gentleman. One scholar has suggested that the Blue Boy depicts the artist’s nephew Gainsborough Dupont, who lived with his uncle from an early age and later served as his apprentice and studio assistant. The blue costume in The Blue Boy appears in several portraits of Gainsborough’s nephews, such as this one of Edward Gardiner. By mimicking the clothing of Van Dyck’s day, Gainsborough was not breaking his rule of avoiding the dress of the past. The outfit was in fact a masquerade costume of his time, one that paid tribute to the artist he admired above all others. After training as an artist in London, Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), shown here, returned to his hometown in Suffolk and began painting portraits of local residents. In 1759, he moved his family to the fashionable spa town of Bath, hoping to raise the profile of his portrait practice and attract elite clientele.

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Condition
Very Good
Size
31"H x 22 1/2"W
Location
Upstairs Hallway
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Lot # 009
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