Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792);
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830);
John Knowles, Esq.;
His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 22 April 1842, lot 106 (for 8 gns.);
There acquired by Nicholas W. Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (1778-1854), Norfolk;
Thence by descent to his daughter, Henrietta Susannah, and by marriage to
Sir William Brampton Gurdon, M.P. (1840-1911), Assington Hall, Suffolk;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 March 1965, lot 24;
There acquired by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London (inv. no. 26740);
From whom acquired by C.G. Hoare, M.C., before 1968;
Thence by descent;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), New York, Christie's, 4 December 2012, lot 12;
There acquired.