Williams produced a large number of watercolours of Scotland, often selecting views from around Edinburgh, Glasgow, Loch Lomond and Argyllshire. This is one of his many early views of Scotland. A number of his illustrations were included in publications such as John Stoddart’s ‘Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland’ (1801), Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border’ (1802), and numerous frontispieces for The Scots Magazine. The village of Luss is on the banks of Loch Lomond, and the large buildings on the banks of the river may belong to the cotton mill that had opened in 1790.