Hedquist, Valerie creator author. text bibliography enk 2019 monographic eng 1 online resource. The reception of Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in varied venues. Performative manifestations resulted in contradictory characterizations of the painted youth as an aristocrat or a "regular fellow," as masculine or feminine, or as heterosexual or gay. In private and public spaces where viewers saw the actual painting and where living and rendered replicas circulated, Gainsborough's painting was often the centerpiece where dominant and subordinate classes met, gender identities were enacted, and sexuality was implicitly or overtly expressed. Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Private Beginnings, Public Performances; A Spa Setting for The Blue Boy; Gainsborough in Bath; The Blue Boy and Van Dyck; The Shared Stuart Past; Public Display at the Royal Academy; The Blue Boy in the Artist's Showroom; Notes; 2 The Blue Boy from Gainsborough's Showroom to Grosvenor's Picture Gallery; The Blue Boy's Fame and Rivalry; An American Blue Boy; The Blue Boy's Fame and Jonathan Buttall; The Blue Boy's Fame and the Grosvenor Family in Mayfair; Notes 3 Public RecognitionThe Blue Boy in Early Publications; The Blue Boy in Manchester; The Blue Boy Exhibited; The Great London Exposition, 1862; Royal Academy, London, 1870; South Kensington Museum, London, 1870; Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1885; Royal Academy, London, 1896; The Blue Boy Examined and Rivalry Reconsidered; Notes; 4 Reproducing The Blue Boy; An Alternative Blue Boy; The Blue Boy in Prints and Popular Objects; Living Reproductions Perform The Blue Boy; Notes; Plates; 5 Farewell to England; The Final Years in Mayfair; The Sale of The Blue Boy; Goodbye to Britain; Notes 6 Welcome to AmericaThe Blue Boy on the West Coast; The Blue Boy on Screen and Stage; Notes; 7 Changing Roles for The Blue Boy; The Blue Boy Captivates America; From Manliness to Swish; The Blue Boy in the Comics; Re-appropriating The Blue Boy; Gay Blue Boy; Notes; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Valerie Hedquist. Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788 Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788 Criticism and interpretation ART / History / General ART / European SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies ND1329.G34 A63 2019eb 759.42 9781351006866 135100686X 1351006843 9781351006835 1351006835 9781351006859 1351006851 9781351006842 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351006866 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351006866 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 190711 20260210180840.0 9781351006866 eng