A watercolour showing a view of Osborne Bay from near Osborne House. A lawn is shown in the foreground, with a row of trees at its edge. The bay is shown in the background with the far coastline shown in the distance.
Inscribed below mounted sheet: View from close before the new House at Osborne. VR del. Sept: 14. 1846.

The Osborne Estate, on the Isle of Wight, was purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845. Work was started straight away on rebuilding Osborne House in the Italianate style, to designs by Prince Albert, and the royal family stayed there for lengthy periods each year. While staying at Osborne, Queen Victoria often spent time sketching in the grounds.