10/21/2025
The Two Thomas’ and The Couple That Never Was…The 18th century images of The Blue Boy (1770) and Pinkie (1794) have many similarities; in subject, stance and appearance, in color palette, context and composition, in attitude and affluence. The Blue Boy, a portrait of Jonathan Buttall, and Pinkie, a portrait of Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton, both were wealthy, young teenagers on the cusp of an adult world, fatherless and undergoing challenging transitions. Painted by two different artists in two different decades, Pinkie and The Blue Boy were never meant to be together yet, the subjects are bound together in our collective consciousness. Why? Well, in the 1920’s the American railroad tycoon and art collector, Henry Edwards Huntington, purchased the two paintings and placed them in his library opposite one another. Forever intertwined from that moment on Pinkie and The Blue Boy became associated as a couple forever linked by free association.
We love this take on the iconic duo. Blue Boy and Pinkie plates by Crooksville, c.1940, on porcelain with decal, glaze and gold gilding trim. 10 1/8”.
Find these treasures and so much more at The Social Housewife, booth PE04, isle F at the Cotton Shed Vintage Market, Open M-S 10am-6pm and Sunday 12pm-6pm
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