Library Guide to the Paintings and Sculptures, the catalogue states that the painting was "Presented by William H. Osborn, November, 1876." Like the majority of his art collection, the painting was displayed in Lenox's newly built Lenox Library. It was listed in the 1879, 1885, and 1892 catalogues. A few decades later the painting was donated to the New York Public Library. It was displayed in the New York Public Library and periodically loaned out to other museums. It sold at Sotheby's as lot 1 on November 30, 2005. The Crystal Bridges Museum bought it for US$1,360,000 (). Since its purchase, the painting has resided in the Crystal Bridges Museum. Related works The full-length portrait resides in New York City Hall as a part of their City Hall Portrait Collection. Sources 1825 paintings American paintings 19th-century portraits Portraits of men Collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Cultural depictions of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette