Signed in plate, lower left: Whistler Lower right corner: J. Whistler

Dated in plate, lower left: 1861 Inscribed in plate, upper right: PL. 7. Lower center: London Published December 1st. 1861, by Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen. In pencil, bottom left edge: 64 x 46 C6

1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Punt, 1861, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.411.