Provenance
Commissioned 1839 by Rufus L. Lord (1782-1869), New York
Jonathan Sturges (1802-1874), New York, and Fairfield, Connecticut
his son, Henry C. Sturges (died 1924), Fairfield, Connecticut
his wife, Mrs. Henry C. Sturges, Fairfield, Connecticut
LeRoy Ireland, Philadelphia, probably early 1930s, but certainly by 1944
purchased June 1944 by Vose Galleries, Boston
sold 5 April 1945 to Sanitary Scale Company, Belvidere, Illinois
acquired 1966 by Kennedy Galleries, New York
purchased 25 May 1967 by NGA