Alexander Young, London/Blackheath, Kent (1875/80 until 1906) / Agnew & Sons, London (1906) / Knoedler Galleries, New York (acquired from previous owner on 1 August 1906) / Scott & Fowles, New York (acquired from previous owner on 31 January 1907; acc. to Knoedler's business records, no. 11145, with photo) / Ms H. N. Torrey, Detroit / Nell Ford Torrey, Grosse Pointe, Michigan (until 1959) / private collection, southern Germany

Exhibition of the most Important Works by Jozef Israels. London, McLean Gallery, 1881 ("A Ray of Sunshine“) (?) / Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen en Aquarellen van Jozef Israels. Den Haag, Pulchri Studio, 1895, cat. no. 11 ("Een Zonnestraal“, Bes. A. Young, London) / Exhibition of a Selection of Works by Early and Modern Painters of the Dutch School. London, Art Gallery of the Corporation of London, Guildhall, 1903, cat. no. 7, with ill. ("A Ray of Sunshine“, owner Alexander Young) / A Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Jozef Israels. Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1912, cat. no. 242 ("The Ray of Sunshine“, owner: Mrs. H. N. Torrey, Detroit)

Art Notes. In: The Magazine of Art, 5 (1882), p. XIX (?) / De Zuigeling, De Huisvriend, 1885, p. 176-178, with ill. / E.G.O. (A. C. Loffelt): De Israëls-Tentoonstelling. In: Het Vaderland, 31.1.1895 / Jan Veth: Modern Dutch Art. The Work of Josef Israëls. In: The Studio, 26 (1902), ill. p. 247 /
Jan Veth: Jozef Israëls en zijn kunst. Arnhem/Nijmegen 1904, cat. no. 44, with ill. / E. G. Halton: The Collection of Mr. Alexander Young.- IV. The Modern Dutch Pictures. In: The Studio, 39 (1907), no. 166, p. 299, ill. p. 297 / Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus: Josef Israels. An Address delivered at the opening of the Exhibition of Josef Israels’ Paintings, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo 1912, with ill.; Max Eisler: Josef Israëls. London 1924, ill. pl. XXII / Auction catalogue: L. Guggenheim, Mrs. N. Ford Torrey et al. New York, Parke-Bernet, 21.10.1959, cat. no. 70, with ill. („A Ray of Sunshine“) / Dieuwertje Dekkers: Jozef Israëls, een succesvol schilder van het vissersgenre. Amsterdam, Univ., diss., 1994, p. 146-147