William Tylee Ranney

American Art-Union, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1847)

A.B. Matthews, Pontiac, Michigan (acquired by lottery from the above in 1847 and until circa 1876)

Private Collection (acquired by 1992)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Detroit Art Association, Second Exhibition, 1875-76, no. 10

The Anglo American, vol. 8, no. 16, 6 February 1847, p. 381

American Art-Union, Plan of the Institution, List of Its Officers, and Catalogue of Paintings, and Other Works of Art, to be Seen Gratis at Their Rooms, 1 June 1847, no. 19, p. 8

The Literary World, vol. II, no. 38, 23 October 1847, p. 277

American Art-Union, Plan of the Institution, List of Its Officers, and Catalogue of Paintings, and Other Works of Art, to be Seen Gratis at Their Rooms, 1 November 1847, no. 19, p. 6

American Art-Union, Plan of the Institution, List of Its Officers, and Catalogue of Paintings, and Other Works of Art, to be Seen Gratis at Their Rooms, 15 December 1847, no. 19, p. 5

American Art-Union, Transactions of the American Art-Union, For the Year 1847, New York, 1848, no. 19, pp. 33 and 49

Mary Bartlett Cowdrey, ed., American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art-Union, 1816-1852, vol. II, New York, 1953, p. 294

Francis S. Grubar, William Ranney: Painter of the Early West, New York, 1962, no. 23, p. 28

Exh. Cat., Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Louisville, Kentucky, Speed Art Museum and Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum (and traveling), Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney, 2006-07, no. 32, p. 40