The sitter, until 1916; William James, his nephew; William James's son, John James; acquired by Leon Edel, the writer's biographer; his wife Mrs. Marjorie Edel, Honolulu; gift 1998 to NPG History from Marjorie Edel. Memo of conversation with her by John McMahon, NPG, 1 December 1998, curatorial file NPG National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marjorie Edel in memory of Leon Edel