Provenance

• ca 1855: probably acquired from the artist by Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) , Baltimore;
• 1878: bequeathed to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans (Mrs G. M. Hutton) (1855-1925) , Baltimore, MD;
• 1916: bequeathed to her daughter, Elsie Celeste Winans, Mrs G. McR. Hutton (1884-1966) , New York;
• 1965: bequeathed to Sybil Agnes Prichard, Mrs E. G. Walk (1915-2009) (Mrs Everett Walk), Reading, PA;
• 2009: private collection.

The New York Herald on 15 June 1878 reported that Thomas Winans had bequeathed his art collection to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.