Provenance

• 1905: bought from Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) , London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit, in June 1905;
• 1919: bequeathed by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the Freer Gallery of Art.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 430).

Exhibitions

• 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 19, 29 or 30) as 'Design for Dress'.

By the terms of C. L. Freer's will, this drawing can not be lent to other venues.