Frederick R. Leyland; Sold at the Leyland sale at Christie's, May 28, 1892 (lot 49) for £325;
W. Connal;
Blakeslee Galleries, New York, 1908;
bought from Agnew in 1916 by the Bancroft Collection, Wilmington Socity of Fine Arts, Delaware
Exhibition history
R.A., 1883 (no.315); R.A. Winter, 1906 (no.119)
Credit line
Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Inscriptions
Artist's monogram and date bottom left:
DGR 1881
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