Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist by Mr Gill of Melbourne, Art Lovers Gallery, Sydney; Purchased from the above, c. 1950, private collection Sydney

Exhibitions

Art Lovers Gallery, Artamon, New South Wales, c. 1950. A label on the reverse of the painting bares the inscription 'Tom Roberts (1857-1931), Australian School, 'Circular Quay,' 1887 (this dating is incorrect, the picture was painted in 1899).