Ownership History: David Chesebrough, Newport, Rhode Island, and Stonington, Conn., from 1754; by descent to Abigail Chesebrough, Newport, Rhode Island, from 1782 to 1807; by descent to Deacon David Chesebrough Smith, Stonington, Conn., from 1808 to 1833; by descent to Betsey Smith Williams, Stonington, Conn., from 1833 to 1860; by descent to Bessie S. Williams Sherman, Chicago, from 1860 to about 1912; Stonington Historical Society, Stonington, Conn., from 1916; Vose Galleries, Boston, 1977; Amelia Peabody, Boston, 1977; bequeathed to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984.