A drawing showing a crowd of Indian people running alongside the royal train of King George V and Queen Mary. Many have their hands joined as in prayer or greeting. Two passengers in sola topees watch the crowd from the train. Some Indian people have climbed the trees in the background in order to view the train. Inscribed, lower left: The King-Emperor's Train/ sketch in train coming/ thro' Behar. Dec 29.1911.

In December 1911 King George V and Queen Mary were proclaimed Emperor and Empress of India at the Delhi Durbar. (A durbar is a court or official reception held, traditionally, by an Indian ruler.) Almost all of the ruling princes and noblemen of India, in addition to thousands of other Indian dignitaries, attended in order to pay obeisance to the symbolic heads of British colonial power. This drawing was made after the Durbar, as the royal couple embarked on their tour of the subcontinent, the itinerary of which included a ten-day big game hunt in Nepal.