A watercolour showing a view of Invercauld House from near Altdourie Cottage. Invercauld House is shown in the centre of a patch of trees in a valley. Highland hills are shown in the background against a foreboding sky. Inscribed lower left: From below Al Douri [sic] Invercauld May 31 - 1871. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 31 May 1871 the Queen visited Invercauld with members of her household. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how they had tea "on a grass bank, below the Aldourie Cottage, commanding a fine view of the valley & remained sketching".