Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) and stuck into an album;
• After 1884: some time after October 1884 the album was acquired by Cornelius Cox (1835-1889) , shown to his son-in-law Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), and returned to Whistler in exchange for some Venice etchings;
• After 1884: Whistler removed some drawings and may have destroyed others.

Cornelius Cox was the father of Amy Ellen Cox, Mrs T. R. Way (1865-1949), wife of Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913). Way's father, Thomas Way (1837-1915), instructed Whistler in the art of lithography in the late 1870s and printed his lithographs.It was on the Ways' advice that the album was shown to Whistler.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.