William Powell Frith, R.A.

Commissioned for 400 guineas (possibly by James Eden of Bolton who repudiated the order);

Henry Graves (1806-1892), 6 Pall Mall, London (acquired from the artist for engraving for 400 guineas).

Alfred Brooks, Finchley Road, London (by 1879);

Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., London, 17 May 1879, lot 78;

Where acquired by Thomas Agnew (1827–1883), Fairhope, Eccles, Manchester;

Thence by descent to his wife Anne Agnew (1829-1906), Fairhope, Eccles, Manchester in 1883;

By whose executors sold, Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., London, 16 June 1906, lot 86;

Where acquired by the Agnew & Sons;

From whom acquired by Sir Davison Dalziel of Wooler (1854-1928) (by 1911);

Thence by descent to his wife, Lady Harriet Sarah Dalziel of Wooler (1853-1938);

Purchased by Lionel Trafford of Turvey House, Holmer, Hereford, from the estate of Lady Dalziel in the 1930s;

Thence by descent, Mrs. D. Trafford Roberts;

By whom sold, Christie’s, London, 25 March 1994, lot 79;

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

The Times, 3 May 1851, p. 8.

Athenaeum, 17 May 1851, p. 530, no. 1229.

Art Journal, 1851, p. 156.

London Daily News, 29 March 1851.

The Atlas, 3 May 1851.

Morning Post, 3 May 1851.

Morning Chronicle, 8 May 1851.

The Examiner, 10 May 1851.

Lady's Own Paper, 10 May 1851.

Weekly Dispatch, 11 May 1851.

The Globe, 13 May 1851.

The Express, 14 May 1851.

W. M. Rossetti, ‘The Royal Academy Exhibition (Third Notice),’ The Spectator, 17 May 1851, p. 475.

John Bull, 17 May 1851.

The Era, 18 May 1851.

Illustrated London News, 24 May 1851.

Bell's Weekly Messenger, 24 May 1851.

Aberdeen Press and Journal, 4 June 1851.

W. P. Frith, My Autobiography and Reminiscences, in two volumes, London 1887, vol. I, pp. 206-208, 287.

G. Redford, A History of Sales of Pictures and Other Works of Art, London 1888, p. 288.

Preston Herald, 26 March 1892, p. 3.

The Graphic, 11 March 1911, pp. 148, 350-351, illustrated.

P. J. Barlow, "The Backside of Nature: The Clique, Hogarthianism and the Problem of Style," Victorian Painting, PhD Thesis, University of Sussex, 1989, pp.147-150, plate 26.

M. Bills, ‘‘The line which separates character from caricature...Frith and the influence of Hogarth," William Powell Frith: Painting the Victorian Age, New Haven; London, 2006, pp. 42-43, illustrated.

W. Hauptman, "Hanging the Pre-Raphaelites and others: The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1851," The British Art Journal, vol. 19, (Spring 2018), pp. 16-17, no. 1, plate 19.

London, Royal Academy, 1851, no. 204

Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 352

London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by Five Deceased British Artists, Winter Exhibition 1911, no. 35

London, Agnews, Bond Street, Old Masters Exhibition, 1949