signed in the upper left corner
oil on canvas, in frame, 71.2cm. x 63.1cm.

A series of engravings based on a larger version of this portrait were made in 1894, with the image described as "An old man in his workshop closely examining a Stradivarius violin". They were announced for sale in The Morning Advertiser as follows:
''The Old Strad". An important print from the celebrated picture of a connoisseur inspecting a genuine Stradivarius, by Lionel J. Cowen, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1886.