A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape from Craig Nordie. Continued on RCIN 980040.v verso. A hill is shown in the foreground, sloping down from the left. A partial view of the River Dee is shown to the lower right, with Highland hills shown in the background. Inscribed lower left (starting on RCIN 980040.v verso): June 13. 1865 From the top of Craig Noerdie [sic] looking towards the Pass of Ballater. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 13 June 1865 the Queen rode up Craig Nordie with her youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice and the young girl's governess Fräulein Bauer. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how, on arriving at the top of Craig Nordie, they "found a great deal of pleasant air, took our tea, & I sketched. The view & lights were splendid".