Provenance
John James Dixwell (1806-1876), Boston, the sitter's great-great-grandson
his daughter, Caroline Dixwell Clements (Mrs. George Henry Clements, 1856-1931), New York
her daughter, Anna Clements Knauth (Mrs. Oswald Whitman Knauth, 1890-1965), New York
her son, Arnold Whitman Knauth II (born 1918), Rockport, Massachusetts
with Milch Galleries, New York, 1958
with Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1958-1959
purchased 1959 by NGA with funds from the Avalon Foundation