Provenance

• 1893: possibly among drawings sold by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) at auction, Sotheby's London, 23 January 1893 (lots 113-130) which Thomas Way (1837-1915) described as ' mostly slight and struck me as being "early studies" (such as the Mummy Cloth & Notes for Dress) "unfinished sketches" or "schemes" for more complete works.' 1
• 1910: acquired, possibly in 1910, by Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935) ;
• 1935: after his death, passed to his widow Katherine Geddes Benedict (1879-1961) and her daughter Mrs James Douglass Sharpe;
• 1962: sold at auction, Benedict sale, London, Sotheby, 21 November 1962 (lot 1) as 'Study of drapery' bought jointly by Agnew, and Weitzner, London dealers;
• 1964: sold to a private collector on 16 June 1964.

For further details, see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 567).