William Powell Frith (British, 1819–1909) Wandering Thoughts Oil on canvas 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6cm) Executed circa 1874. PROVENANCE: Christie's, London, sale of July 31, 1987, lot 149. Acquired directly from the above sale. Cook's Antiques, Dublin, Ireland. Acquired directly from the above in 1988. Private Collection, Virginia. EXHIBITED: Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom, 1874, no. 167. LITERATURE: Richard Herne Shepherd et al., Notes on the Principal Pictures in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, London, 1874, no. 167, plate 103 (illustrated). David Layne Montgomery, William Powell Frith (1819-1909): A Reevaluation of His Artistic Career, a PhD thesis, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997, plate 130, p. 149 (illustrated and described as "a listless girl, covered in bows, frills, lace and flounces, as she picks at a flower in her lap and sinks into a soft red cushion").