John In Kansas, I finally got around to viewing the high-res version of the Leighton painting that you provided a better link to. Did you also notice that the "guitar" has 6 strings but only 3 tuning pegs? —unless 3 of those "strings" are actually shadows, which seems unlikely, because the kid seems to be fretting as if there are 5 or 6 strings. Also, it seems odd that the woman is tuning a string at the same time the kid is fretting a chord. I'd say, yeah, Lord Fred wasn't a musician.