A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape. The River or Loch Ness is shown in the foreground, with trees shown on the banks behind. Mountains are shown in the background.
Inscribed on RCIN 981650.n verso: banks of the Ness 9^th Oct

On 7 October 1865 Princess Louise made an expedition to Inverness with her sister, Princess Alice, and brother-in-law, Prince Louis of Hesse. The royal party stayed in the Caledonian Hotel before boarding the Edinburgh steamer on 9 October and sailing to Banavie along the Caladonian Canal.