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

Other works by John Everett Millais

Saint Stephen
1895

Hearts are Trumps
1872

Dew-Drenched Furze
1889-90

James Fraser
1880

Serjeant Ralph Thomas
1848