Checking progress on the conservation treatment underway on The Blue Boy, the iconic 1770 painting by Thomas Gainsborough at The Huntington in San Marino, CA.
The Blue Boy, which is in the midst of a year-long technical examination and conservation treatment, will return to the public gallery at The Huntington in mid-June where visitors can witness the inpainting process due to be completed later this year.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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