The artist to the sitter, Marion Edith Waugh (later Hunt), London, ca. 1869
Gift to her son, Hilary Lushington Holman Hunt, on the occasion of his marriage, London, 1905
Thence by descent
Sale, London, Christie’s, 6 June 2015, lot 59 (bought in)
Purchased in a private sale by a private collection, Australia, 2015
Sold [via Martin Beisly Fine Art, London] to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2019

London, Royal Academy of Arts (Burlington House), 1869. “The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts: The One Hundred and First,” no. 106.

London, Leicester Galleries, 1906. “Exhibition of the Collected Works of W. Holman Hunt, OM, DCL,” no. 16.

Manchester City Art Gallery, 1906–1907. “The Collected Works of W. Holman Hunt, OM, DCL,” no. 27.

Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 1907. “Collective Exhibition of the Art of W. Holman Hunt, OM, DCL,” no. 34.

Glasgow, Corporation Art Gallery and Museum, 1907. “Pictures and Drawings by William Holman Hunt, OM, DCL”, no. 20.

London, M. Knoedler & Company, 1933. “Beautiful Women of the 19th Century: Loan Exhibition in Aid of the War Service Legion,” no. 25.

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Christie’s, Victorian, Pre–Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Auction catalogue, London: Christie’s, June 16, 2015, lot 59, pgs. 92-97, repr. pg. 93, fig. 4.