Provenance

• ca 1879: acquired by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) , London, and placed in an album;
• After 1884: the album was acquired by Cornelius Cox (1835-1889) and returned to Whistler, who removed some letters and drawings.

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

It was not exhibited.