Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1886: probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 52) as 'Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet'
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 114) as 'Silver and Grey. The Fishing Fleet'.

Due to the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.