"A Mesopotamian Railhead at the entrance to Persia" image: a railhead in a Middle Eastern landscape. Two railway lines run horizontally across the composition, parallel to one another. There are railway trucks on the tracks and groups of tents on either side of the tracks, with tiny figures visible amongst the tents. Two large stilt-like structures stand next to the second railway line in the centre of the composition. The landscape is largely flat with low hills on the horizon.