"THE BLUE BOY"
Reside in the Main Gallery of the Huntington Library and is the most famous work of Thomas Gainsborough. It is thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttall the son of a wealthy hardware merchant. Gainsborough had already painted something on the canvas before beginning The Blue Boy which he painted over. The painting was purchase by Henry Edwards Huntington in 1921 for $700,000 dollars, a then-record price for the purchase of a painting.
"PINKIE"
Also in the same gallery "Pinkie" a painting by Thomas Lawrence resides directly across from Blue Boy. They seem to be the perfect pair.
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