Provenance

• 1903: with William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer.
• 1921: with Colnaghi, London dealers (gallery records).
• Date unknown: with Scott and Fowles, 665 5th Avenue, New York art dealers (label).
• Date unknown: acquired by Hunt Henderson (1869-1939), New Orleans;
• 1939: bequeathed to Tulane University, New Orleans;
• 1941: bought in April with 20 other works, through the Macdonald Gallery, New York, to Grenville Lindell Winthrop (1864-1943);
• 1943: bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum.

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

• 1903: Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 16) as 'Study of Rosettes for Lady's Dress'.