Show O OLD LD CANVAS AS' AS BOUGHT k Romneys Romney's Blue I Boy Arrives Romney Tennant Tend Ten nant nant which h cb like Uke thi m Illustrious Gainsborough por portrait of Master In n tho the Huntington collection cOllee- cOllee tion Uon goes J by the 1 namo Arl 0 ot ot of Dile Blue Bo Ba Boy has lies Just reached l America from England The p portrait was purchased recently bY by- the by the g galleries of ot v Nc Nc York und and will short shortly be ho e pta placed ed on 01 exhibition J The Romney th the young the young oung subject standing In ina a woodland set sel- ting He is Js w writing IUn or a a. sheet sheel of or I paper aper which hie lies Jea in hi front o of him himon on a a large b Th The he hc head d dIs dIs with Is turned toward the observer r large qu questioning g e eyes es the tha face fa framed 1 d b by long long- strands s of blond hair Tho The boy bys is ab about about- ut 6 6 years years' old and his costume consisting o of lacq lace collar short hort Jacket and ani ni long trou trou- stockings and wid lo IO low ers Wll white v o shoes shoe's is most picturesque rho portrait which hl J was well wel n klo In England came camo from the thc I. I collection 0 of the the hit late late- Mrs Bums Bister sIster l' l 0 of th the lat late J PIerpont Morr MOt Mar r gan gaTi from froni wI O It was Inherited W WWalter J r Walter S 8 M M. M Burns wa her son on it I ItIs Is regarded as us t the e final nal version of ot h the subject by b Romney who to tj document c c caused sed Ui th boy to sit for lor him hinz nine times before he was 3 satisfied with the thie portrait portrait Romneys Romney Blue Boy Eoy OY like Gains boroughs borough's takes take akes Its Us name front from the rich blue c colot- colot lor with which he the costume cos- cos tume lume of ot th the subject d The SOt story Is 15 recalled d of oC G Gainsborough reply to the dictum of Joshua enolds Beyn- Beyn olds oWe who maintained a a portrait could n not tbD bo satisfactorily painted d In Jl blues blUes thai thia thi the prevailing pre ln tol of ot a portrait should be be 1 Jn in the tho form tOrm o ote ot cold His reply was Blue Bo n in the Hunt n t e the fam famoUs s Boy a Ington c collection l In jC 8 symphony in lu pale blue tones Two TwoS boy portraits In blUe 9 w J r. r painted by by Romney o on n Including g t the H pres present nt portrait br of ot Master Mastel- Tennant painted in 11 1879 There Is be benote noted note regarding the early arl history of ot th tho painting It n Is not k known own to tonao have o na bt been h e exhibited n In p public lc no nor Is there ther a n record of ot its Us g been engraved It 1 I is however o ev cone consid ered cred Ered one of at th the finest pictures painted by Romney and in r many nn r respects hears bears Roine a a close lose resemblance to his portrait of Lord Peu Petty aJ as M a aboy bo boy J Wh which ch Is in t thee the e collection o of tie the Marquis of ot 4 Tle Thie fath father r of ot ti the thie young b boY was a William Tennant of Aston Asto 10 House B Staffordshire who lio QC became lecam lieuten lieutenant n- n ant col colonel nel of of- his his co His mother wa was wal painted d cl by by atin Gairn- Gairn b borough and ad tho the celebrated d' d portrait now hangs In the t Morgan collection 01 on in ew York In In- Romney's Romneys Rom Rom- ney's account b k appear these hes words words' relating r r t toi to tho the boys boy's b ys portrait alt Sent homo homo to tp Ashton AshUm H Hall Hall- I. I Staffordshire J June un 1 17 1789 paid In In r full n by Mr 50 guineas guinea Juno June 22 2 Heli e. e the I painter then at at the ot of his powers jowers had I h about 50 o executing n a portrait which 1 j today well wel Up uj In five figures The price the tle paid pai for the canvas can calf va vas 31 was not not revealed |