Provenance

• Before 1886: bought by Louis Huth (1821-1905), London;
• 1905: bequeathed to his widow Helen Rose Huth (1837-1924), later Mrs Howe, Oxford;
• 1925: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 24 April 1925 (lot 97) as 'A Side Canal, Venice', and bought for £609.0.0 by David Croal Thomson (1855-1930), London art dealer;
• 1925: sold to William Burrell (1861-1958);
• 1944: given by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 14) as 'The Bridge; flesh colour and brown'.
• 1888: possibly Exhibition of Pastels, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1888 (cat. no. 84) as 'Venice'.