Provenance

• 1893: possibly among 'unfinished' drawings sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 23 January 1893 (lots 113-130);
• 1893: possibly acquired through Messrs Dowdeswell, London art dealers, by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London;
• 1902: bought from Theobald by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Further details are given in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 782).

Exhibitions

• 1881: Venice Pastels, Fine Art Society, London, 1881 (cat. no. 35) as ''The Staircase; note in red'.