Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London), acquired between 1774 and 1778, according to A.T. Hazen (A Catalogue of Horace Walpole's Library, 1959, p. 141, under no. 3567). The drawing is not mentioned in his inventory or specified among the Watteau drawings in the sale of his collection, but in following sales the sheet is referred to as "from Strawberry Hill."; Anne Damer (British, Coombe Bank, Sevenoaks, Kent 1748–1828 London), bequeathed to Anne Damer by Horace Walpole (her guardian).; Lord Waldegrave , maybe his sale, London, Robins ("The Valuable Contents of Strawberry Hill"), May 24 - June 13, 1842, part of no. 1266/43 - 48.; Graves (British, 19th century), according to Grasselli, 1984-1985.; Charles Sackville Bale (British, 1791–1880), his sale, Christie's London, June 10, 1881, lot 2502 ("a woman with a Distaff and a Female Head, red chalk - from Strawberry Hill"); John Postle Heseltine (British, London 1843–1929 London), acquired by 1900.; Donor: Anne D. Thomson (American, New York)

Bean and Turcic 1986.330; Rosenberg and Prat 1996.226 (vol. I)

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, cat. no. 330, p. 295, ill.

John Postle Heseltine Drawings by François Boucher, Jean Honoré Fragonard, and Antoine Watteau in the Collection of J.P. H[eseltine]. London, 1900, cat. no. 21, ill.

Lucien Guiraud Dessins de l'école française du dix-huitième siècle provenant de la collection H[eseltine]. Paris, 1913, cat. no. 101.

Harry B. Wehle "The Bequest of Anne D. Thompson." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 19, New York, March 1924, p. 64, ill.

Karl Theodore Parker, Jacques Mathey Dessins de Watteau. I, Paris, 1957, cat. no. 500, fig. no. 500, ill.

Karl Theodore Parker and Jacques Mathey Antoine Watteau Catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné. 2, Paris, 1957, cat. no. 500, vol. I, fig. no. 500, p. 69.

Colin Eisler "Two Immortalized Landscapes- Watteau and the Recueil Jullienne". XXIV, January. New York, 1966, fig. no. 12, pp. 174-175.

Donald Posner An Aspect of Watteau "peintre de la réalité" Ètudes d'art français offertes à Charles Sterling. Edited by Albert Châtelet, Edited by Nicole Reynaud, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1975, pp. 279, 284 not.

Marianne Roland Michel Watteau. Un Artiste au XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 1984, fig. no. 113, p. 140.

Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Pierre Rosenberg Watteau, 1684-1721. Ex. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Washington, 1984, cat. no. D30, p. 93, ill.

Pierrette Jean-Richard Graveurs français de la seconde moitié du XVIII siècle Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1985, cat. no. under 78, p. 44.

Pierre Rosenberg, Louis-Antoine Prat Antoine Watteau 1684-1721: Catalogue raisonné des dessins. I-III, Milan, 1996, cat. no. 226 (vol. I), pp. 358-359, ill.

Alan Wintermute, The Frick Collection, National Gallery of Canada Watteau and His World: French Drawings from 1700-1750. 1999-2000, cat. no. 6, pp. 102-103, ill.

Pierre Rosenberg From Drawing to Painting: Poussin, Watteau, Fragonard, David & Ingres. Princeton, NJ, 2000, fig. no. 184, p. 142, ill.