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This is a Toad-themed reproduction of Gainsborough's oil painting The Blue Boy. [19] The Blue Boy painting is a heavily-used prop in the 1929 Laurel and Hardy comedy Wrong Again. The painting is also referenced in the movie Coraline as a portrait in the Pink Palace's hearth room.
The boy in the picture is based on Thomas Gainsborough's painting The Blue Boy. It was modelled by Yeames's nephew, James Lambe Yeames. Behind the boy, there is a girl, probably the daughter, waiting her turn to be questioned. The girl was based on Yeames's niece, Mary Yeames.
[2] [3] There are seven known examples of Alexandria provisionals, however, the Blue Boy is the only specimen printed on blue paper. [4] The other six are printed on buff paper. [5] The Blue Boy remains affixed to its original envelope, and sold for $1.18 million in 2019, which is among the highest known prices paid for a philatelic item. [6]
J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, National Gallery Thomas Gainsborough, The Blue Boy, 1770 William Blake, Newton (1795) Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778–1865) – Franco-English painter specializing in literary, historical and religious subjects.
A painting valued at $15,000 just two years ago is now expected to fetch up to $18 million at auction after being identified as the work of the Dutch master Rembrandt.
On "Antiques Roadshow," a young boy brought in a watercolor painting that he paid just two dollars for at a small junk auction in south New Jersey.. Thinking that the painting would maybe worth a ...
Pinkie and The Blue Boy can be seen in the pilot episode of Eerie, Indiana. [12] Pinkie can be seen hanging on a wall of Gus Fring's apartment, opposite the bathroom entrance, in the Better Call Saul episode "Black and Blue." The paintings are used as set decorations for many episodes of the American television show Leave It to Beaver. The two ...
Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ n z b ər ə /; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, [1] he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. [2]