SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A. (CULTS, FIFE 1785-1841 GIBRALTAR)

(Possibly) By inheritance from the artist to his siblings, Thomas Wilkie and Helen Wilkie (according to a label on the reverse).
(Possibly) Richard Nicholson, York; his sale; Christie's, London, 14 July 1849 (=2nd day), lot 193, where described as 'Cottage on a Sea Shore -- the birthplace of the painter' (8 gns. to Roahe).
William Fuller Maitland, Stanstead Hall, by 1872; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 10 May 1879, lot 68, sold for 58 gns. to,
Sir John Edward Gray Hill (1839-1914), Mere Hall, Oxton, Birkenhead; Chirstie's, London, 11 February 1911, lot 130 (9 1⁄2 gns. to Angeli).
Colonel Maurice Grant (1872-1962), possibly by 1925, certainly by 1942.
with Colnaghi, London.
Sir Geoffrey Hutchinson, later Lord Ilford (1893-1974), by 1958, and by inheritance to his widow, by whom sold to the following,
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 25 September 1978, lot 99, acquired after sale by the following,
with John Morton Morris & Co, London.
with Spink & Son Ltd., London, by 1979, where acquired by the present owner.