Dear Friends,
Matthew Edwards hit it smack on the nose. Even the Penguin book part. And Animaterra was kind to allow me to see "Piping Times" which is a very similar to the boy in "Close". I called the National Gallery thanks to Matthew's blue clicky and found that they have a print of this painting which is already in the mail to me. So the bottom line is that once again, this forum RULES.
A very grateful Bob Pegritz