...; unidentified collection (L. 1842); ...; collection Richard Cosway (1742-1821), London (L. 629); his sale, London (Stanley), 14 (16) February 1822 sqq., no. 505, as Rembrandt (`A pen and ink drawing, Blessing Joseph´s Children´), with one other drawing; ...; collection Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445); ? from whom purchased, through the mediation of the dealer S. Woodburn, by William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L. 2617), 1835;{According to L. 2445; and an inscription on the drawing.} his sale, London (Christie´s), 17 June 1840, no. 52, as Rembrandt (`Jacob blessing the children of Joseph, who is addressing his father´), £ 0.5.0, to the dealer Walter Benjamin Tiffin (1795-1877), London;{According to an inscription on the drawing; copy RKD.} ...; sale, Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913, London) et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller), 20 November 1882 sqq., no. 170, as Rembrandt, fl. 14, to Jozef Linnig (1815-91), Antwerp;{Copy RKD.} ...; donated by Dr Daniel Schweisguth (1865-1943), Beaumont-sur-Oise, to the museum (L. 2228), 1905
