A pen and ink drawing showing a view from Alverbank. A flag pole is shown in the centre, with a flag flying full-mast and a weather vane at the top. A wooden fence is shown below and trees are shown to either side. A decorative column is shown in the foreground to the right and a stone balustrade is shown behind, with a decorative urn on a pillar at the end. The sea, probably the Solent, is shown in the background and a ship is shown on the horizon.
Inscribed lower left: Albverbank. 1858.

Prince Alfred, or 'Affie' as he was known to his family, was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria. The young prince had shown an interest in the navy from childhood and on 26 October 1857 left for Alverbank, near Gosport, to begin his naval studies. It was at Gosport that Prince Alfred received drawing lessons from Alfred C. Snape from late March 1858.