Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made their first visit to Scotland in September 1842. The royal tour, which lasted two weeks, was largely organised by the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Midlothian and Gold Stick of Scotland, and his wife Charlotte, who was Queen Victoria's Mistress of the Robes, in conjunction with the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. The Queen and Prince stayed at Taymouth 7-10th September as guests of the 2nd Marquis of Breadalbane. Victoria described Taymouth Castle in a letter to her uncle Leopold, King of the Belgains, as an "enchanting & Princely place" (Royal Archives, Y90/56/8 September 1842); while there, Victoria and Albert enjoyed a Highland ball held in their honour.

This watercolour was originally mounted in View Album I. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert compiled nine View Albums during their marriage. These albums contained watercolours and drawings documenting their life together and were arranged in chronological order. The albums were dismantled in the early twentieth century and rebound in new volumes both in a different arrangement and with additional items, but a written record of their original contents and arrangement still exists.