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Four people in period costume in the portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

Description: Two couples in 18th century dress in the portrait gallery. One couple, the man standing and the woman sitting, are in front of George Romney's Rose (Gardiner) Milles (1780-1783). The other couple, both standing, are to the left of Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770). The bronze sculpture beneath "Blue Boy" is Mercure (Mercury) by an unknown foundry, after Antoine Coysevox, made between 1700 and 1710. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 28 New Gallery, Huntington Art Gallery. Portraits visible are "The Blue Boy" by Gainsborough, and "Mrs. Jeremiah Milles" by Romney."
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Date: February 1938
Call number: photCL 107 vol13 (28)
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Portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

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The portraits on the wall from left to right: George Romney's Jeremiah Milles (1780-1783); Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770) (the bronze sculpture beneath "Blue Boy" is Mercure (Mercury) by an unknown foundry, after Antoine Coysevox, made between 1700 and 1710); Romney's Rose (Gardiner) Milles (1780-1783). MS note on verso reads "HEH art gallery: new wing, c. 1933." Stamp on verso reads "Hiller Studio, 336 So. Hudson, TE. 6904 Pasadena."

photCL 107 fld23 (41)

Portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

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The portraits on the walls, from left to right: George Romney's Penelope (Rycroft) Lee Acton (1791); Sir Joshua Reynolds' Sarah (Kemble) Siddons as the Tragic Muse (1783-1784); Reynolds' Georgiana (Spencer) Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1775-1776); John Hoppner's Isabella (Ingram) Seymour Conway, Viscountess Beauchamp, later Marchioness of Hertford (circa 1789); Thomas Gainsborough's Henrietta Read, later Henrietta Meares (circa 1777); Gainsborough's The Hon. Anne (Batson) Fane (circa 1782); George Romney's Jeremiah Milles (1780-1783); Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770). The bronze sculpture beneath "Blue Boy" is Mercure (Mercury) by an unknown foundry, after Antoine Coysevox, made between 1700 and 1710. MS note on verso reads "HEH art gallery: new wing (interior view)."

photCL 107 fld23 (39)

Staff photographing paintings in the portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

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Four men watch as Dr. Batrig helps the photographer prepare to take a picture. The camera is mounted on a tripod, and artificial lights are on either side of the picture. The painting that is the focus of their photography is Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770). Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 25 Apparatus for making exposures for color plates of paintings in New Gallery. Huntington Art Gallery." Photograph appeared in Los Angeles Times article of November 6, 1938. Another version of this is no. 545 Pictures Archives, box 3, folder 5. MS note on verso reads "Photograph of the equipment used for making color separation plates for Life Magazine."

photCL 107 vol13 (25)

Six people in period costume in the small drawing room in the Huntington residence

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Thomas Gainsborough's Anne (Luttrell), Duchess of Cumberland (circa 1777). A couple stands next to the fireplace. Two women and one man are seated at a table playing cards, with a man standing nearby. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 37 Small drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. Same as PCP 12."

photCL 107 vol13 (37)

Six people in period costume in the west end of the library of the Huntington residence

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Three couples in the period costume in the west end of the library. A man stands by while a woman who is seated at the writing desk and filing cabinet (bureau plat et cartonnier), attributed to Etienne Doirat, are from 1720 to 1732. On the left is another couple, with a woman seated on a settee and a man standing behind it. In the background a third couple examine an oversized book. The settee and chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. The screen on the right is a six-panel folding screen (paravent) made at the Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot workshop, Paris, after designs by Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), made between 1719 and 1784; the frame is of a later date. On the wall on the right is a Beauvais tapestry, "La Pipée aux Oiseaux (The Bird Catchers)." Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 32a West end of Library room in Huntington Art Gallery. Beauvais tapestry. Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture; carpet Louis XIV period." Another copy of this image has MS notes identifying the people (from left to right): Ted Koch (?), Fran Evans, Bob Wright, Norda Stokes (?), Don Vest (?), and Nell Webb.

photCL 107 vol13 (32a)

Six people in period costume in the west end of the library of the Huntington residence

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Three couples in the period costume in the west end of the library. A man stands by while a woman who is seated at the writing desk and filing cabinet (bureau plat et cartonnier), attributed to Etienne Doirat, are from 1720 to 1732. On the left is another couple, with a woman seated on a settee and a man standing behind it. In the background a third couple examine an oversized book. The settee and chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. The screen on the right is a six-panel folding screen (paravent) made at the Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot workshop, Paris, after designs by Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), made between 1719 and 1784; the frame is of a later date. On the wall on the right is a Beauvais tapestry, "La Pipée aux Oiseaux (The Bird Catchers)." Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 32b West end of Library room in Huntington Art Gallery. Beauvais tapestry. Louis XV furniture. Carpet Louis XIV period." Another copy of this image has MS notes identifying the people (from left to right): Ted Koch (?), Fran Evans, Bob Wright, Norda Stokes (?), Don Vest (?), and Nell Webb.

photCL 107 vol13 (32b)

Four people in period costume in the portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

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