A watercolour showing a portrait of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia. He is shown half-length, facing left in profile. He is dressed in blue military uniform. Inscribed below: Victor Emmanuel II. A shield is shown below with a white cross on a red background.
Inscribed lower right: VR del. Dec: 1855.

King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia visited Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle from 30 November to 6 December 1855 to discuss the ongoing war in the Crimea.
In her journal entry of 30 November 1855, Queen Victoria described her "Royal Ally & Regal Visitor" as "very peculiar looking, not very tall, but broadly built... He has a completely turned up nose, with a projecting jaw & under lip. He wears moustaches curiously joined on to his whiskers, & his hair brushed upwards & away from the face".