17th-18th century
10 x 21.6 cm (3 15/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
William Esdaile, London (L. 2617, verso, lower left and center), probably sold; [Christie’s, London, 18 June 1840 and following days, under lots 1124–1133.] Probably M. P. van der Dussen van Beefting, probably sold; [Lamme, Rotterdam, 29-30 May 1876, as part of lot 712.] Probably J. F. Ellinckhuysen, Rotterdam, probably sold; [Muller and Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 19-20 November 1878, lot 256 or 257]; to Hogarth. Charles Sackville Bale, London (L. 640, verso, lower center and former mat, verso) sold; [Christie’s, London, 9 June 1881 and following days, lot 2490]; to [Jane Noseda, London.] John Postle Heseltine, London (L. 1507, verso, lower left), by 1910, sold; [Muller, Amsterdam, 27-28 May 1913, lot 219]; to Therese Schwarze, Amsterdam. [Frederick Keppel & Co., New York] sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091, without his mark), 1913; Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, 1965.216
Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper
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