Signed on rock in lower left foreground, in watercolor, "Th. Fearnley, Roma"; inscribed on verso, in graphite, "Jan I Taagestykke af [illegible] Stórrelse tile en / [illegible] 40 Luid [?]-"; inscribed in pen and dark brown ink, "33"; at center, "Wandfald ved Bergtholsgaaden. mallet afTh. Fearnley 1835./ i Rom. / for W[?]Bycrofft. Esq. / i England"; in another hand in black ink, "largezza 5 palm 3 1/4 once. Romano / altezza 3 _ 8 3/4 _ . . ."; at lower center in graphite, "I.J. Paris"; at lower right in graphite, "N.B."; along bottom center, under a graphite line marked with measured increments, "I Fot English".
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 118, repr.
The Thaw collection of master drawings : acquisitions since 2002. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2009, no. 39, repr.