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Project Blue Boy

Exhibitions

The Blue Boy (ca. 1770) by Thomas Gainsborough shown in normal light photography, digital x-radiography, and infrared reflectography
Project Blue Boy installation view
Project Blue Boy installation view
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The Blue Boy (ca. 1770) by Thomas Gainsborough shown in normal light photography, digital x-radiography, and infrared reflectography
Project Blue Boy installation view
Project Blue Boy installation view
huntington-art-gallery-001141-2.jpg

The Blue Boy shown in normal light photography, digital x-radiography, and infrared reflectography.

Huntington senior paintings conservator examines The Blue Boy through a Haag-Streit surgical microscope.

Visitors get a glimpse into the technical processes involved in conservation treatment in Project Blue Boy.

The Blue Boy in the Thornton Portrait Gallery before conservation.

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Sept. 22, 2018–Sept. 30, 2019

Huntington Art Gallery