Provenance
The artist, by whom given to
Tom Taylor (1817-1880), the sitter's father, December 1864, and by descent to his wife,
Mrs Tom Taylor (died 1905), and by descent to the sitter,
John Wycliffe Taylor (died 1905), and by descent.
sale of his heirs, Christie's, London, 6 June 1997, nr. 38, as A Portrait of John Wycliffe Taylor at the Age of Five, where purchased by the present owner
sale Christie's, London, 11 December 2018, nr. 144