Provenance: The artist [1828-1891]; (his estate sale, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 29-30 March 1892, 2nd day, no. 89, as _On Mt. Desert_). Private collection.[1] (Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York); acquired 1999 by John Wilmerding; gift 2016 to NGA.
[1] According to the catalogue of the 1997-1998 exhibition at Beacon Hill Fine Art in New York that included the painting.