Portrait of young boy, full length, seated, on a cushion, holding a violin and bow, in a rocky landscape oil on canvas 86 x 66cm Footnote: The sitter is presumed to be a Johnstone of Pontefract and from the date of painting it is therefore most probably Charles Johnstone, son of Cudworth Johnstone (1654-92). Provenance: By descent from the sitter to the Gardners of the Manor House, Chatteris, until removed in 1908 by Algernon Dunn Gardner (1853-1929) great-grandfather of the present owner, to Denston. Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. The picture is in plane with good tension and the paint layer is stable. There are areas of retouching along the left hand edge, background and around the sitter's head and eyebrows which have been applied in vertical strokes and hatchings. The varnish is dull and yellowed with a thick layer of surface dust. Losses to the gilding and gesso at the corners of the frame.