A pencil drawing showing a self-portrait of Queen Victoria dressed for a ball. A full-length study is shown in the centre, with the queen shown standing and facing forward. Inscribed below: Ball dress. VR. May 19 - 45
A head study is shown to the lower right. She is shown facing forward with her hair dressed in plaited loops.Inscribed below: VR del. May 19 1845.

Queen Victoria rarely made self-portraits, but included a searching pencil study of her own face in this book of ‘Sketches from Nature’.