Study may date either from the early 1870s or much later. It is is only known from an exhibition of Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903. This show included many early drawings dating from the 1870s and some dating from around 1898/1900.

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 400).