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Created by John Constable (1776-1837), the artist, around 1821; by descent to his son, Captain Charles Golding Constable (1821-1878); by descent to his widow, Anna Maria Constable (née Blundell, 1841-1893); purchased at auction by Edward William Hooper (1839-1901), Cambridge, Massachusetts at Christie, Manson & Wood, London, England, June 23, 1890 (lot 89, ‘Clouds’), in "Works of the late John Constable, R.A" [a]; by descent to his daughter Ellen Sturgis Hooper Potter (née Hooper, 1872-1974) and her husband John Briggs Potter (1864-1949), Boston, Massachusetts [1] [b]; acquired by Gilbert Israel Davis (1899-1983), 7 Orchard Court, London, England [2] [c]; privately purchased by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, England, 1965 for Paul Mellon (1907-1999) [d]; by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut December 1981.

Notes:
[1] Edward William Hooper bequeathed his art collection to his daughters.
[2] Gilbert Davis was an actor turned art collector, who acquired a large number of British works in the 1940s and 50s. Following his marriage to the actress Winifred Shotter in 1952, he began to sell off his collection; the Huntington Museum acquired a significant number of his works on paper, while Paul Mellon later purchased some of the oil paintings. It is possible that Colnaghi not only facilitated Mellon’s purchase of the work, but also Davis’ acquisitions from the Hooper Potter family.

Citations:
[a] Christie, Manson & Wood. June 23, 1890. Works of the late John Constable, R.A. https://archive.org/details/worksjohnconstable00chri/page/8
[b] Graham Reynolds, The later paintings and drawings of John Constable, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1984, p. 96, no. 21.119
[c] Ibid
[d] Ibid