In the context of A Visit from the Old Mistress, analyze the Display and ownership of the General.
The painting was initially purchased by Thomas B. Clarke, a private collector from New York. It changed hands again when Clarke sold his collection in 1899. It was then acquired by William T. Evans, who donated it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C, where it was displayed under the title The Visit of the Mistress. It was later transferred to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where it remains on display.A Visit from the Old Mistress was one of five paintings which Homer exhibited at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878.
Paris Universal Exposition of 1878 Smithsonian American Art Museum