English School, mid-18th century Portrait of a boy, half length, in a green coat and pink waistcoat, a tricorn hat under his left arm oil on canvas 56 x 48cm Condition report: Oil on canvas which has been lined. The canvas tension is stiff and the picture is in plane. The paint layer has a network of drying and age cracks across the surface which have been flattened and stabilised through lining. The paint layer is stable and secure, there is some wear in the sitter’s face. There is retouching across the surface, mainly covering cracks. In the background the retouching has slightly darkened. The boy’s hair may have been reinforced through retouching. The varnish is semi-glossy and even.