Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) , London;
• 1905: bought from his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in June 1905;
• 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

• 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. unknown; title on a label, 'Note in Pastel for a Portrait').