The Blue Boy (Jonathan Buttall)
By: Thomas Gainsborough
Date: c. 1770
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 177.8 cm x 112.1 cm (70.0 in x 44.1 in)
Location: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (United States)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 177.8 cm x 112.1 cm (70.0 in x 44.1 in)
Location: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (United States)
An iconic example of 18th-century British portraiture, this portrait depicts a young boy dressed in 17th-century aristocratic attire, standing against a plain background.