The Blue Boy

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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"
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