Provenance

• 1886: possibly bought by Henry Irving (1838-1905) , London.
• By 1905: owned by Ada Maud Jarvis (1850-1919) , until at least 1911.
• 1942: 'Sailing Boats' deposited by Mrs J. W. Simpson, of Simpson, Thacker and Bartlett, with Knoedler, New York dealers, from 3-15 June 1942 (#CAl928).
• Date unknown: bought from a collector in Southampton, England, by a private collector in the USA, and passed by family descent to a collector in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island;
• Before 1984: sold to Gilbert Waters (d. 2018) in Sarasota, Florida;
• 1989: sold through Hope Davis, New York art dealer, to a private collector, Los Angeles.

The provenance is not entirely certain, and contains large gaps. See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 885).

Exhibitions

• 1886: possibly 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 1886 (cat. no. 23) as 'Grey and silver – moored'.
• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 43) as 'Sea'.