A watercolour showing a view of Osborne Bay from the sitting room window at Osborne House. Trees are shown in the foreground, with the sea shown behind. Sailing boats are shown dotted on the water and the far shore is shown in the distance.
Inscribed below mounted sheet: View from the Sitting Room Window of the new House at Osborne VR del: Dec: 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.