Provenance

• 1856/1857: commissioned by Charles Phelps Williams (1804-1879) or a friend of his from Stonington, Connecticut.

Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) recorded that a portrait of Captain Williams was 'Painted for a gentleman friend of Capt Williams of Stonington, Conn. his first commission which included 4 other paintings then in the Luxembourg.' 1

It is not known if the portrait was completed by Whistler, or if it was eventually sent to Stonington.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.