Provenance

• 1870s: torn by the artist and intended for destruction, but retrieved by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) , London;
• ca 1913: acquired from Way or, after his death, from his widow, by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) ;
• 1930: bequeathed to his daughter, Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973) ;
• 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (33) and bought by Knoedler's, New York dealers (#WCA 3549 #10);
• 1965: sold to Shirley Latter Schlesinger Kaufmann (Mrs Robert B. Kaufmann) (1916-2003) , New Orleans;
• Before 1975: donated by Mrs Kaufmann to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.