The scene has been described as showing Desenfans and Bourgeois as crossing the channel or in their home at Charlotte Street (which seems far more likely).
Provenance: With W.A. Sandby 1888; said to have been given by Henry Yates Thompson before 1926; Christie's 24 March 1959, lot 129 (one of three drawings); presented by M.P. Bernard of Dulwich, in memory of his brother Arthur Basil Bernard, 1959.
Inscriptions: Inscribed below in pencil: 'Sr F Bourgeois' [left]; 'Mr Desenfans' [right]