A watercolour showing a mother and daughter washing up in a cottage kitchen. After a German woodcut. Both figures are shown full-length, with the woman shown facing right and washing dishes in a basin on a high table. Her daughter is shown drying a plate to the right. She is facing left and looking up towards her mother. Inscribed lower right: Louise 24 May 1860.
Inscribed below mounted sheet: After a German woodcut

Queen Victoria's children often made cards and drawings for their parents as gift on important dates, such as this watercolour executed by Princess Louise for her mother's birthday on 24 May 1860.

This drawing is housed in one of two volumes, compiled by Queen Victoria and containing works presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by their nine children. For other items in the volume see Princes & Princesses album.