A pencil drawing showing a view of Loch Katrine from a steamer. The loch is shown surrounded by steep hills. Inscribed lower left: Loch Katrine. From Steamer Oct: 14. 1859. Verso: Another view of Loch Katrine. Inscribed lower left: Loch Katrine from the steamer Oct 14. 1859 - Queen Victoria visited Loch Katrine to open the waterworks there on 14 October 1859. The Queen describes in her journal entry of that day, how they travelled across the length of the Loch on a steamer, noting sites of natural beauty along the way.