This is considered the first sketch for a similarly titled work painted for William Walters around 1858 (CR# 368A). It may have been used as well for the inspiration and model for his later watercolor for Alexander Brown (CR# 368B).
The artist; Carrie C. Miller, Annapolis, MD; Mae Reed Porter, Kansas City, MO; [M. Knoedler and Co., New York, NY]; InterNorth Art Foundation, Omaha, NE; present owner