Frederick Kerseboom, The Elder
Sir John Langham, Bt. (1671 – 1747), as a boy aged 12, playing the viola da gamba
signed, dated and inscribed lower right, on the stool Ætats .12./ 1683./ Kersseboom ft.; and further inscribed and dated on the frame Sir J. Langham Bart. Ætat 12. 1683. His first wife was daughter of Sir Thomas Samwell Bart. His second was sister to Lord Vist. Cobham.
oil on canvas
143 x 106 cm. (56 ¼ x 41 ¾ in.)