Oil sketch on Board confirmed on verso by his son Herbert Sidney Percy (1863-1932). Certainly, his long journeys to Wales and Scotland suggest that he enjoyed the solitude of riding through mountainous landscapes in search of motifs and weather conditions that captured his attention. Back in England, Percy started to travel more extensively to Wales, Scotland & the Hebrides. Any plans he may have had for a return trip to the continent were delayed by what were essentially wars of independence in Germany, Austria and Italy beginning in 1866. However, his increasingly far-ranging journeys within Great Britain brought him
in contact with the dramatic landscapes that characterize Victorian painting. In his canvases from the 1860s Percy seems to be more interested in creating a mood rather than simply a romantic scene.