Gainsborough s masterpiece The Blue Boy to return to the UK - exactly 100 years, to the day, since it left
Blue Boy at the NG, 1922. Photograph. Photo © courtesy of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California.
LONDON
.- On 25 January 2022, Gainsboroughs The Blue Boy will return to Trafalgar Square, exactly one hundred years, to the day, since it was last seen in this country.
On 25 January 1922, the National Gallery and the nation said goodbye to Thomas Gainsboroughs (17271788) The Blue Boy (1770).
Bought the previous year by rail and property businessman Henry E. Huntington, The Blue Boy went on display at the National Gallery as part of a farewell tour. During the 3 weeks it was on display in Trafalgar Square, 90,000 visitors came to see the painting before its departure for California.
Gainsborough The Blue Boy Returns To Trafalgar Square 100 Years On
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Gainsborough Blue Boy Returns To Trafalgar Square 100 Years On
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