Provenance

John Cumberland, Esq. by 1838;[1] sold 1 February 1840 to Bellamy by (Christie, Manson & Woods, London, no. 97) with companion painting.[2] Sold 2 March 2016 (Bonhams, London, no. 9) with companion painting.[3] Donald Stone, New York [1942-2020]; bequest 2022 to NGA.
[1] The painting, together with a companion scene of Le Havre, was included in the 1838 sale of Cumberland’s collection at the Colosseum, Regent’s Park, London; both went unsold. See A Catalogue of the Cumberland Gallery of Pictures London, 1838: no. 59. Copy in NGA curatorial file.
[2] A buyer named Bellamy purchased a number of the works in the sale. See annotated catalogue at https://archive.org/details/frick-31072001522608/page/n1/mode/2up (accessed 3 November 2022)
[3] The painting was sold by a “corporate company based in the UK” and purchased by a dealer, according to email of 23 May 2022 from Bonhams, copy in NGA curatorial file.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right: T Boys. 1830
reverse: signed and inscribed with artist's address on label.