Possibly John Hargreaves;

His sale, London, Christie💮’s, 5 June 1873, lot 285 (as 'The Toilet of 🅘Venus'), for 420 guineas to Agnew;

With Chapman Bros.;

Anon💙ymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 Decemb🌄er 1913, lot 67, for 20 guineas to Mitchell;

With Galeria de Londres, Buenos Aires;

🅘Domingo Edwards II, Santiagoꦦ, Chile, by 1935, and by descent;

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 22 February 1989, lot 47.&n𒁃bsp;

K. Baetjer, British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575–1875, New York 2009, p. 254, note 1 (under the entry for Etty’s The Three Graces), erroneously described as an oil sketch and the location of Sotheby’s 1989 sale incorrectly given as London).&n🔯bsp;

Related Literature

W. Etty, ‘Autobiography of William Etty, R.A., in Letters addressed to a Relative’, in Art-Journal, vol. 11, 1849, p. 40;

A. Gilchrist, Life of William Etty, R.A., London 1858, vol. 2, pp. 30–32 and 337;

D. Farr, William Etty, London 1958, pp. 72–74, 91 and 156, cat. no. 100 (i), reᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚproduced pl. 56;

C. Hartup et al., Museo de Arte de Ponce Collection Catalogue, vol. 1 (The British Collection), Ponce 2012.