A watercolour showing a view of a garden, possibly at Buckingham Palace. The edge of a lake is shown in the foreground to the right. A tree is shown to the left, with further trees shown behind, partially obscuring a path. Inscribed lower left: July 8.59.

In her journal entry of 8 July 1859, Queen Victoria describes how she "Sat for 2 hours in the garden" of Buckingham Palace before heading to the Royal Pavilion at Aldershot for a military review.