Provenance

• 1870s?: acquired by Charles William Deschamps (1848-1908), London art dealer;
• 1894: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 21 July 1894 (lot 130) as 'The White Girl' and bought by 'Reed', or Wallis of the French Gallery, London dealers;
• 1895: possibly bought by Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) and sent to Whistler.

Kennedy suggested that Whistler should show it to Isaac Cook, jr (1867-1926), presumably in the hope of a sale, but nothing more is recorded of this suggestion. 1