Briton Rivière

John Kynaston Cross (1832–1887), Bolton;

Thence by inheritance to his wife, Emily Kynaston Cross (née Carlton) (1838–1911), Eastbourne;

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 1 May 1897, lot 118 (probably unsold);

Emily Kynaston Cross (née Carlton) (1838–1911), Eastbourne, until 1911;

By posthumous sale, London, Tooth & Tooth, 22 November 1911, lot 149;

With William Walker Sampson, London;

Anonymous sale ('From a local Deceased Estate'), Washington, Toovey’s, 5 September 2018, lot 100.

Morning Post, 29 April 1871, p. 6;

Cheltenham Examiner, 3 May 1871, p. 8;

Gloucestershire Chronicle, 6 May 1871, p. 4;

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 6 May 1871, p. 5;

Oxford Journal, 20 May 1871, p. 5;

Illustrated London News, 20 May 1871, p. 14;

The Era, 28 May 1871, p. 13;

Building News, 2 June 1871, p. 8;

Sun and Central Press, 9 June 1874, p. 3;

The Vassar Miscellany, October 1875, pp. 629–630;

Bradford Observer, 27 June 1882, p. 8;

Demorest’s Family Magazine, May 1891, Vol.XXVII, p. 438, reproduced p. 389;

H. How, ‘Illustrated Interviews – Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.’, in The Strand Magazine, 1896, p. 8;

W. Armstrong, 'Briton Riviere - His Life and Work', in The Art Annual, 1891, pp. 14–15, reproduced on the frontispiece.

London, Royal Academy, 1871, no. 1156;

Philadelphia, International Exhibition, 1876, no. 151 (lent by John Kynaston Cross);

Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1879, no. 390 (lent by John Kynaston Cross);

Leeds (Technical School), Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, 1882, no. 22;

Bradford, Fine Art Exhibition, 1882 (lent by John K. Cross, Esq. M.P.);

Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 365 (lent by John Kynaston Cross).