Provenance: (Antique store, New York); purchased 1960s by William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Lauretta Dimmick, "A Catalogue of the Portrait Busts and Ideal Works of Thomas Crawford (1813?-1857), American Sculptor in Rome," Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1986: 655-656, no. 120A.