'Queen Victoria's first visit to Scotland, 1842: Inspecting 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle', (1901). Victoria is shown the six-tonne siege gun, built in 1449 and named after the town of Mons in Belgium where it was made. It is still on display at Edinburgh Castle. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]
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