Provenance

• 1886: bought by Edward William Hooper (1839-1901) , Boston, 2 July 1886;
• 1901: passed by family descent to Louisa Chapin Hooper (Mrs W. Thoron), second daughter of E. W. Hooper, and thence to a private collector, New York State;
• 1984: consigned in December to Knoedler's, New York art dealers (# KMC1362) and sold to Transco Energy Co., Houston, Texas;
• 1992: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 1992 (lot 37) as 'Note in Opal - The Sands, Dieppe' [sic] and bought by a private collector.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1034).

Exhibitions

• 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 63) as 'Caprice in blue and silver – Dieppe'.
• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 142) as 'Marine'.