Signed and dated, right side, above sitter's shoulder: L.T. Ives. | 1884

by descent to the sitter's wife

1896-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Lewis Thomas Ives, Portrait of William H. Brearley, 1884, oil on preprimed canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. William H. Brearley, 96.1.