The Blue Boy

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The Blue Boy
The Blue Boy
Artist/Maker (British, 1727 – 1788)
Photographer
Datelate 19th century
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 5 1/4 in. (20 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.243
Not on view
DescriptionAlbumen print depicting Thomas Gainsborough's 1770 painting, "The Blue Boy."
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Additional Details

Provenance 2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed Verso, upper-center: "The Blue Boy- Gainsborough"
Verso, top right: "7223"
Photograph by John Bentham.
Martin Folkes Esq.
John Faber Jr.
Date: 1737
Medium: Mezzotint
Object number: 1995.57
Professional image by David Revette
To Major General Cuyler this View of FORT GEORGE, in the Island of Tobago, taken from Morne Grace, the place where the Troops halted previous to the, Assault on the night of the 14th April 1793
Frederick Maitland
Date: published August 20, 1793
Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52
The Emancipation of the Negroes, January, 1863:The Past and the Future, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Emancipation of the Negroes, January, 1863:The Past and the Future, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 24, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.28
Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, from "Harper's Weekly"
Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 14, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.234
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
Halt!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Halt!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 17, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.255
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Pencil Sketch
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1869
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.4a-b
A Duel: After the Spat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Duel: After the Spat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 17, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.109
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Pencil Sketches
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1868
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.14a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Pencil Sketches
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1894
Medium: Graphite on an envelope
Object number: 1944.1.20a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled sketch (Dead for US)
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Object number: 1944.1.1a-b
Image Not Available for Now Begins the Rub, from "The Daily Graphic"
Now Begins the Rub, from "The Daily Graphic"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 27, 1883
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1944.1.15