The village of Roslin (or Rosslyn, in its original spelling) lies in a glen seven miles from Edinburgh. The name derives from the Celtic word Ross, a rocky promontory, and Lynn, a waterfall. The famous Chapel with the Apprentice Pillar is beside it.

This watercolour was once attributed to William James Muller (1812-1845) and has a spurious signature.

Provenance: Major-General Sir John D’Arcy Anderson and Lady Elizabeth Anderson, by whom given to Winchester College, 1993