A watercolour view of the garden front of Frogmore House seen from the lake. Signed and dated at bottom right: WLL / 1861.

In the mid nineteenth century, Frogmore House was the Windsor residence of the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mother. A female figure in mourning on the bank probably represents Queen Victoria, in mourning for the Duchess of Kent who died 16 March 1861.

This watercolour was originally mounted in Souvenir Album IX. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert compiled nine Souvenir 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.