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This set of two magnetic bookmarks features the perfect pairing of Blue Boy and Pinkie from The Huntington's collections.
The Blue Boy, 1770. Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-88). Oil on canvas
The best-known painting at The Huntington, Gainsborough's Blue Boy, was executed during Gainsborough's extended stay in Bath before he finally settled in London in 1774. The artist has dressed the young man in a costume dating from about 140 years before the portrait was painted.
Pinkie, facing The Blue Boy in the Thornton Portrait Gallery, is by Thomas Lawrence, one of the great portrait painters of his generation. It was painted about 25 years after Gainsborough's masterpiece and had no association with that work until they both were displayed in The Huntington in the late 1920s.
Executed when the artist was only 25 and shortly after his election to the Royal Academy, Pinkie is an extraordinarily fresh and lively performance with the sitter standing on a hill, her dress blown by the wind. The young girl was the daughter of a wealthy plantation family in Jamaica, who came to England for her education. Called "Pinkie" by her grandmother who commissioned the portrait, she was only eleven when her likeness was taken.
- Set of two magnetic bookmarks
- Dimensions (each bookmark): 3.75" x 1.5"
- Exclusive to The Huntington Store
Description
This set of two magnetic bookmarks features the perfect pairing of Blue Boy and Pinkie from The Huntington's collections.
The Blue Boy, 1770. Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-88). Oil on canvas
The best-known painting at The Huntington, Gainsborough's Blue Boy, was executed during Gainsborough's extended stay in Bath before he finally settled in London in 1774. The artist has dressed the young man in a costume dating from about 140 years before the portrait was painted.
Pinkie, facing The Blue Boy in the Thornton Portrait Gallery, is by Thomas Lawrence, one of the great portrait painters of his generation. It was painted about 25 years after Gainsborough's masterpiece and had no association with that work until they both were displayed in The Huntington in the late 1920s.
Executed when the artist was only 25 and shortly after his election to the Royal Academy, Pinkie is an extraordinarily fresh and lively performance with the sitter standing on a hill, her dress blown by the wind. The young girl was the daughter of a wealthy plantation family in Jamaica, who came to England for her education. Called "Pinkie" by her grandmother who commissioned the portrait, she was only eleven when her likeness was taken.
- Set of two magnetic bookmarks
- Dimensions (each bookmark): 3.75" x 1.5"
- Exclusive to The Huntington Store
