Possibly Andrew Geddes (1738-1844), London, 1845 His sale, Christie's, London, 8-14 April 1845, lot 361 Private collection, England, 1879 Johnson Neale, London, by 1895 Thomas Mark Hovell (1853-1925), London, June 1918 Thomas Dinwiddy His sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1918, lot 124 (£610) With P. and D. Colnaghi & Obach, London (stock no. A1700) Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 15 August 1918 (sold for £800) With Anton Mensing (1866-1936), Amsterdam His sale, Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 27 April 1937, lot 218 (for 7,200 florins to Hirschmann4) With Adolf Mayer, the Hague and New York With Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, 1957 W. Suhr, New York Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 16 January 1985, lot 113, ill. Christie's, London, private sale, 2014 Private collection, New York
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