Photograph of a hunting scene set within India with a painted backdrop representing woodland. Four Indian gentlemen stand as if a hunt had just taken place with a dead tiger on the ground. The men on the left and the right hold spears with Hafiz Mohammed Abdul Karim (1863-1909) standing second from the right, with his right foot on the dead tiger and facing three-quarters to the left. He holds a rifle in hi left hand.   

This tableau was performed on Queen Victoria's 75th birthday in the Ballroom at Balmoral Castle as part of a birthday surprise. The Queen recorded in her journal that 'the Indian Hunting Scene very well done & very realistic' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 24th May 1894