Provenance
Commissioned c. 1856 by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, Scranton, Pennsylvania
The artist, from 1891
by inheritance 1894 to his daughter, Mrs. Jonathan Scott Hartley, New York
her sale, American Art Association, New York, 24 March 1927, nr. 76, as The First Roundhouse of the D.L. and W.R.R. at Scranton
with Henry Schultheis Co., New York
sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 24 February 1938, nr. 54, as The First Roundhouse of the D.L. & W. Railroad, Scranton, Pennsylvania
with Henry Schultheis Co., New York
sold 24 May 1944 to
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
purchased February 1945 by Millicent Rogers (Mrs. Huttleson Rogers, 1902-1953), Washington, D.C.
gift 1945 to NGA