(Scotland 25 Oct 1835–02 Apr 1910)
25.5 x 21.6cm board; 34.5 x 31.0 x 5.0cm frame
Christina Pleschner (Australia), Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Purchased by the AGNSW from Christina Pleschner, grandaughter of the artist 1984.
Betty McTaggart, daughter of the artist
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1981, Sydney, 1981. no catalogue numbers
James Caw, William McTaggart, Glasgow, 1917, 279. Possible "Anxious inquiries' 11 x 8¼ unsigned sketch of about 1860
Renée Free and Rose Peel, Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper 1993, Domain, 1993, 9. no catalogue numbers
Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 121 (illus.).
Peter Tomory and Anne Kirker, British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 129. cat.no. 1409
Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981
Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993