Inscribed, in black ink, lower left edge: [ ]tleman at his desk. | [ ] David Wilkie. Inscribed, center lower edge: A Gentleman at his Desk. [ ]point by Sir David Wilkie. see Hamerton p. 275.

F.J.F. Bradley. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hamerton, P.G. Etchings & Etchers. London, 1868, p. 275.

David Wilkie, A Gentleman at His Desk, between 18th and 19th century, drypoint printed in black ink on chine collé. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1257.