Provenance

• ca 1881: acquired by Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) , London;
• By 1910: probably sold by Way to Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), New York dealer;
• 1912: according to Way, owned by Kennedy's brother, David A. Kennedy (fl. 1895-1915) .

Exhibitions

• 1905: possibly Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 185) 'Study for the Portrait of Carlyle'.

The drawing exhibited in 1905 measured 4 x 3 ¾".