Photograph of Prince Edward of Wales standing, facing three-quarters to the left and wearing military uniform as he salutes. In the background an assembly of officers and civilians raise their hats; some of the hats suspended on poles held aloft. Two film cameras stand on tripods on the left of the centre. 

The photograph may have been taken during the Prince's attendance at a Garden Party held by the President of the Bombay Municipality at Malabar Hill Gardens. In the evening, the Prince attended a dance at Government House prior to his departure for Pune. 

On October 26 1921, Edward, Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to begin a tour of the Indian Subcontinent and Japan that covered 41,000 miles, lasting 8 months. Prince Edward spent four months in India, travelling from Bombay to Calcutta and then from Madras to Karachi. As the British Empire's Ambassador, the Prince visited India on behalf of his father King George V, to thank the nation for the essential role it had played during the First World War. Moreover, the visit was intended to strengthen links between Britain and its Empire at a time of increasing calls for Indian independence.