Almost certainly retained in the studio by the artist until his death in 1837.[1] John (later Sir John) Pender [b. 1816], by 1872.[2] (E. Fox White Gallery, London), by 1882;[3] sold to (Wallis & Son, London); purchased 1893 by Peter A.B. Widener, Philadelphia, and Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] The Gallery's painting is the first of the artist's full-scale sketches for his six-foot canal scenes. The finished painting based on this sketch is now in The Frick Collection, New York. [1] Pender lent the painting to the 1872 Winter Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, _Works of the Old Masters, together with Works of Deceased Masters of the British School_. [2] See the letter from Wallis & Son to P.A.B. Widener, 1 January 1909, in NGA curatorial files.