Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) and passed to his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913);
• 1913: bequeathed to his widow Amy Ellen Cox, Mrs T. R. Way (1865-1949);
• Date unknown: acquired by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930);
• 1930: bequeathed to his daughter Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973);
• 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 38) and bought by Knoedler's, New York art dealers;
• 1969: bought by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 19 May 1969.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.