Provenance
1839 - 1864
Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, Scottish, 1797 - 1864 (113 Park Street, London, England), acquired from the artist at the Royal Academy exhibition, 1839; by inheritance to his heirs, 1864.
1864 - 1878
Heirs of Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro of Novar, Scottish, 1797 - 1864 [sold, Novar Collection sale, Christie's, London, April 6, 1878, lot 99, for 4450 guineas, through Frederick Davis to Archibald Philip Primrose.]
1878 - 1929
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English, 1847 - 1929 and Hannah de Rothschild Primrose, countess of Rosebery, English, 1851 - 1890 (107 Piccadilly, London, England, until 1888; thereafter, 38 Berkeley Square, London, England), by inheritance to their heirs, 1929.
1929 - 2010
Heirs of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English, 1847 - 1929 (38 Berkeley Square, London, England, until 1978; thereafter on loan to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh) [sold, Sotheby's, London, July 7, 2010, lot 57, to the J. Paul Getty Museum.]