Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist in 1816 to James White of Exeter (1744–1825), on whose death it passed to Towne’s residuary legatee John Herman Merivale (1779–1844) and his successors. Merivale’s granddaughters Maria Sophia Merivale (1853–1928) and Judith Ann Merivale (1860–1945), both of Oxford, inherited the drawing in May 1915 (BP212) and, as the Barton Place catalogue contains no record of its disposal, it may have remained with the family until or after Judith Merivale’s death. In 1955 Weenworthy 1796 was noted in the collection of Paul Oppé (1878–1957) by Henri Lemaitre, although perhaps this was an error as no evidence has been found linking it to Oppé.