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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.
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image captionThe Blue Boy was painted by Thomas Gainsborough (right) in 1770
One of British art s most famous paintings, The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough, is to return to the UK 100 years after it left.
The 1770 masterpiece will be loaned to the National Gallery, where it will go on display on 25 January 2022.
The London gallery s 1922 farewell show for the work attracted 90,000 visitors after it was sold to a US businessman.
Current National Gallery director Dr Gabriele Finaldi said the work showed Gainsborough at his dazzling best . The loan of Gainsborough s The Blue Boy to the National Gallery is truly exceptional and a unique opportunity for visitors, Dr Finaldi added.