In 1912 Frederick T Daws exhibited a painting entitled 'The Royal tiger shoot in Nepal, December 1911' at the Royal Academy (301); presumably this painting. However, there are no records to confirm whether the artist accompanied the royal tour by King George V and Queen Mary to India. Their visit culminated in the Delhi Durbar, a magnificent occasion when the new King and Queen were presented to an assembled audience of Indian dignitaries and princes as the Emperor and Empress of India. Yet the King was equally excited by the prospect of almost a fortnight hunting. He told the Viceroy: 'As this will probably be the last and only time in my life when I shall get big game shooting of this kind , I naturally want to have as many days in Nepal as possible'.

The scene is reminiscent of the painting by Herbert Johnson of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) shooting during his tour of India in 1875-6 (RCIN 402299).

An album of photographs of paintings depicting Indian hunting scenes by Daws is in the Royal Collection (RCIN 2143782).

A half-length portrait of King George V in military uniform with Star and Ribbon of the Garter, dated 1920, recorded in a private collection, Kathmandu in 1996 and one sold in Eastbourne Auction Rooms, 2010. A painting of 'HRH The Prince of Wales'  tiger shoot in Nepal', exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1922 (258).