Thomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy painting has been the source of inspiration for many 21st-century pop cultural media, including film and television. It featured in films like Ghostbusters II (1989), Batman (1989), Cinderella III: A Twist In Time (2007), and others. However, The Blue Boy costume featured prominently in Director Quentin Tarantino’s film Django Unchained (2012). In this film, the leading character wears a blue outfit with a white lace collar that mimics the outfit worn by the boy in Gainsborough’s painting.