Possibly Timothy B. Blackstone [1829-1900], Chicago, by 1876.[1] J.I. Nesmith, Brooklyn, by 1880;[2] (Vose Galleries, Boston); Webster and Douglas B. Collins, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, by 1970; (Vose Galleries, Boston); sold 28 January 1977 to Jerald Dillon Fessenden, New York;[3] purchased jointly 1986 by (James Maroney, New York) and (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York);[4] purchased 1 February 1999 by NGA. [1] A painting by Gifford titled _Siout, the Capital of Upper Egypt_, possibly the NGA painting, was lent to a Chicago exhibition in 1876 by Blackstone, who was the president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, founding president of the Union Stock Yards, and benefactor of the Art Institute of Chicago. Blackstone also lent eight other paintings to the 1876 exhibition. [2] The painting was lent by Nesmith to the Gifford memorial exhibition in 1880. [3] Vose Galleries received payment for the painting on 31 January 1977 (see copy of invoice in NGA curatorial files). [4] See correspondence and documentation in NGA curatorial files.