A pencil drawing showing a French military band playing outside the Château de la Muette. The band is shown in the foreground, dressed in military costume. Trees are shown behind. Inscribed below: Guides playing at La Muette. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their eldest two children stayed in the Château de Saint-Cloud as guests of Napoleon III from 18-27 August 1855. The Queen visited the Château de la Muette on 25 August 1855 with Prince Albert and Victoria, Princess Royal. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how "The Band of the Guides played on the lawn in front of the house... I sketched a little & we listened to the music, which was very pretty".