A watercolour showing a view of the park at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. A lake is shown in the foreground with trees shown on the far bank. A view of the Castle Howard Mausoleum is shown in the background to the left. Inscribed below pasted down sheet: View from my window at Castle Howard. Inscribed lower right: VR del. Aug: 28 - 1850 Queen Victoria visited Castle Howard from 27 to 29 August 1850. In her journal entry of 28 August 1850, Queen Victoria describes the view from their window as being "very fine".