The painting was given to the Lucy Cobb Institute, an all-girls school in Athens, Georgia. Hung in the drawing room parlor of the school, the work was beloved in the school's collection and was viewed as having a "moralizing purpose" for the young girls enrolled in the finishing school.
A significant work of art was presented to the Lucy Cobb Institute, a prestigious all-girls school in Athens, Georgia. The piece was displayed in the school's main social area, the drawing room parlor, and was highly regarded by the institution as having a positive influence on the young female students.