A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape near Craig Gowan. A hill is shown in the foreground, sloping steeply down from the right. Fir trees are shown on the hill and a forest is shown behind. Further hills are shown in the background. Inscribed below mounted sheet: From the road [?around] Craig Gowan looking towards Abergeldie - Sept: 1865. Verso: first half of RCIN 980040.w While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. In her journal entry of 18 September 1865, Queen Victoria describes how she rode up Craig Gowan with two of her daughters, Princess Alice and Princess Helena.