 When it was shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition of 1825 , it attracted near @-@ universal praise from critics for its technical excellence , its fusion of the styles of different schools of painting , and its subject matter . Nevertheless , it failed to find a buyer at the Summer Exhibition , and was instead bought by fellow artist John Martin . The painting proved too large for Martin 's house , and in 1831 he sold it on to the Royal Scottish Academy . It was transferred in 1910 to the National Gallery of Scotland , where it remains . 
