A pencil drawing showing a study of Princess Helena. She is shown half-length and facing left in profile. She is wearing a high-necked dress with an oval pendant and has her hair dressed in a low bun.
Inscribed lower left: This study of The Princess Helena was made in my room at Windsor Castle by the Crown Princess of Prussia, and presented to me by H.R.R. on the Eve of her departure from England, Nov.^r 1863. J.N.P. [Sir Joseph Noel Paton]

Sir Joseph Noel Paton was a Scottish artist who was commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint a picture of the her, Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice. The queen first sat to Paton on 12 Novemeber 1863 in her room at Windsor Castle, where the artist was staying while he worked on the commission.