Provenance

• By 1903: owned by Thomas Way (1837-1915), London.
• Date unknown: possibly bought before 1906 by Walter Hamilton Hylton Jessop (1853-1917) ;
• 1917: possibly bequeathed to his widow Florence Emily Furlonger (1857-1950) and passed by family descent to their daughter, Katherine Helen Hylton Jessop (1891-1977);
• 1973: the property of Miss K. Jessop, sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 14 March 1973 (lot 4) as 'Venice' and bought by Williams, London art dealer;
• 1973/1974: bought by Ira Spanierman, New York dealer;
• 1984: sold at auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 23 May 1974 (lot 41G, repr.) as 'Trees across a lake', and bought by Mrs Gertrude Kosovsky and Dr Harry Kosovsky, New Jersey;
• 2018: Promised Gift from the collection of Mrs Gertrude Kosovsky to the Frick Collection, New York.

Exhibitions

No exhibitions in Whistler's lifetime have been identified.