A watercolour showing a house in Friedrichroda, Gotha. The house is shown surrounded by fir trees. Inscribed below pasted down sheet: House in Friedrichroda. Oct: 3 - 1862.

Queen Victoria travelled to Brussels on 1 September 1862, to arrange the betrothal of her eldest son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. On the 4 September the Queen travelled to Reinhardsbrunn, where she stayed until 3 October 1862, before moving on to stay at the palace at Coburg until 17 October 1862. Queen Victoria made many visits to local beauty spots during her stay in Germany.