Creation of The Blue Boy
- circa 1770
- Early modern
- Art

The Blue Boy is a full-length oil on canvas portrait in oil by English artist Thomas Gainsborough, from c. 1770. It is owned by The Huntington in San Marino, California. Although both it and its creator are well known, the subject's identity is disputed.
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Which happened first?
- Creation of The Blue Boy and Creation of A Young Girl Reading happened in the same year
- Creation of The Blue Boy happened 1 year before Creation of The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus
- Creation of The Blue Boy happened 2 years after Creation of An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
- Creation of The Blue Boy happened 3 years after Creation of The Swing
- Creation of The Blue Boy happened 4 years after Creation of A Journalist Lecturing on the Orrery
Timeline
- Creation of A Journalist Lecturing on the Orrery1766
- Creation of The Swingcirca 1760s
- Creation of An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump1768
- Creation of A Young Girl Readingcirca 1770
- Creation of The Blue Boy (this page)circa 1770
- Creation of The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus1771