A pencil drawing showing a female figure. She is shown bust-length and facing forward. She is wearing a a hat with a veil that covers most of her face.
Inscribed below: 12^th Oct To Perth. - In the railway carriage.

Verso: a pencil drawing showing a view of a soldier. He is shown half-length and facing forward with his face turned slightly to the right. He is wearing military costume.

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, who were travelling incognito, stayed in the Caledonian Hotel before boarding the Edinburgh steamer on 9 October and sailing to Banavie along the Caladonian Canal. From there they travelled to Loch Lomond, the Trossachs and Perth, before arriving back at Balmoral on 12 October 1865.