David Martin

Possibly the painting traditionally said to have been given by the artist to Allan Ramsay (1713-1784);

Possibly by inheritance to his wife's nephew Sir John Archibald Murray (1778–1859) (according to the SNG note);

Possibly sold posthumously ('from the late Lord Murray's Collection'), Edinburgh, Francis Dewar, 3 or 7 November 1862, (catalogue untraced);

Mr Robert Paterson, Edinburgh;

By whom sold, Edinburgh, Dowell’s, 2 June 1955, lot 83 for £4. 10s.;

Peter Fyfe;

Anonymous sale, Ontario, Dundas (?), November 1955, for $285 (according to notes from the owner);

Where presumably purchased by Mr and Mrs Arthur Overholt, Toronto, Canada;

By descent to the present owner.