Provenance:
Probably the painting with Panton Betew in 1764; 
Gooden and Fox circa 1939; 
Arthur Churchman, Baron Woodbridge of Ipswich (1867–1949); 
The Hon Mrs Burnett, his daughter; and by descent.

Literature:
Ellis Waterhouse, Gainsborough, 1958, p.108, no.839; 
Basil Taylor, Painting in England 1700–1850, catalogue of the 'Collection of Mrs and Mrs Paul Mellon' exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1963, p.52; 
John Hayes, The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, 1982, vol.II, p.366; 
To be included by Hugh Belsey in any supplement to The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough.
 
Exhibited:
On loan to Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, 2001–2009.
 
Engraved in reverse by William Austin, and published by John Ryall, 1764, as in the possession of Panton Betew.