[1] It was one of two works commissioned by the King of Poland Stanisław August Poniatowski showing contrasting weather during seascapes, the other was originally titled Calme but is now known as a A Landscape at Sunset.

When the king was slow with payments, Vernet instead sold them to the British soldier Robert Clive.

Clive had earlier expressed interest in other paintings by the artist which he had seen at the Salon of 1771 in Paris.

Today the painting is in the possession of the National Gallery in London, one of give paintings by Vernet in the collection including its companion piece A Landscape at Sunset and A Sporting Contest on the Tiber.

[2] An engraving of the painting was produced by Daniel Lerpinière and published by John Boydell in 1782.