A watercolour showing a view from the terrace of Schloss Babelsberg. Trees are shown in the foreground, with a white building shown rising out of the tree tops in the background. Inscribed lower left: F[ro]m Terrace at Babelsberg [illegible word] Aug: 24. 1858. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited their eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, in Germany in August 1858. It was the first time Queen Victoria had seen her daughter since her wedding and subsequent move to Germany earlier that year. The Queen and Prince Consort stayed with the pregnant Princess Royal at Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam until 28 August when they left for Cologne. In her journal entry of 24 August 1858, Queen Victoria describes how she "sat on the Terrace with Vicky, sketching".