Two gilded picture frames have been cleaned and conserved at East Riddlesden Hall before their portraits are re-fitted and hung in the National Trust 17th century house.

Conservator Jock Hopson, pictured at work above, travelled from Northampton to carry out the job on the 4ft 2in by 3ft 4in frames.

The frames hold paintings of Abraham Fothergill, a native of Keighley, who worked as a lawyer in London until 1712, and his wife Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth is painted in her widow's weeds because by the time the artist got round to painting her, Abraham was dead," said East Riddlesden Hall house steward Mike Freeman.

When the frames were taken down, a label at the back said they once belonged to the Ferrand family of Bingley and until 1860 were housed at Upwood House, Riddlesden.