Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 301) as "Joanna Douglas in 'The Trial Sermon' ".

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler: an Artistic Partnership' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 15-31.

Journals 1906-Present

• M.C., 'The Trial Sermon', 'N. C.', 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words for 1862, Norman MacLeod (ed.), London, 1862, Chap. 1, p. 585; Chap. 3, p. 649, wood engraving by the Dalziel Brothers at p. 649.