Provenance

• 1890s: acquired, probably from the artist, by his son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) .
• 1952: bought on 8 December from the Redfern Gallery, London, by the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Written on the verso at some other time (in black ink) was a list of people, probably to be invited to a private view, possibly at the Society of British Artists. It includes the artist Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) and potential patrons like Lord Dunraven – Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin (1841-1926). It also includes Whistler's son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) , who was probably told to give invitations to the people on the list, and so acquired the sketch.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.