The picture was the last item in the first of three exhibitons which the artist held at the Dowdeswell Gallery in the 1900s (see also lots 46, 48). The gallery specialised in artists who adhered to the late Pre-Raphaelite tradition, and Brickdale's friend Byam Shaw was another of their 'regulars'. The picture subsequently appeared in the two exhibitions that the artist held at Leighton House, Kensington, which was almost directly opposite her studio.

The literary source for the picture's title is not given in the catalogue.