Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast

Arthur George, 3rd earl of Onslow [1777-1870], Richmond, and Clandon Park, near Guilford, Surrey;[1] his heirs; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 July 1893, no. 24); (J.W. Vokins).[2] Siméon del Monte, Brussels, by 1928;[3] sold by his heirs at (sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1959, no. 22); purchased by (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London); (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 19 April 1985, no. 111); purchased by NGA. [1] The Arthur George ownership comes from labels that were formerly affixed to the stretcher (now in NGA curatorial files). [2] The buyer is noted in an annotated copy of the sales catalogue; copy in NGA curatorial files. [3] Published in Gustav Glück, _La Collection del Monte_, Vienna, 1928: 22, pl. 41. An old label from the back of the painting (now in NGA curatorial files) also refers to the del Monte collection.