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These photographs are part of an album, now disassembled, of around 105 photographs taken in India between 1885 and summer 1887 that provide glimpses into the lives of the British colonial elite and royal and upper-class Indians. The museum holds another group of 37 pictures from this album (2016.266), which was probably commissioned by a British civil servant visiting or working in India around 1888 as a personal souvenir of his experiences there.
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665196
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46 Photographs from an Album
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665196
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46 Photographs from an Album
description
These photographs are part of an album, now disassembled, of around 105 photographs taken in India between 1885 and summer 1887 that provide glimpses into the lives of the British colonial elite and royal and upper-class Indians. The museum holds another group of 37 pictures from this album (2016.266), which was probably commissioned by a British civil servant visiting or working in India around 1888 as a personal souvenir of his experiences there.
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c. 1882–87
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en
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Q123475891
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India
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2023.121
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46 albumen prints on 26 sheets
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46 Photographs from an Album, c. 1882–87. Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905). 46 albumen prints on 26 sheets. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2023.121
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PH - Misc. 19th Century
didYouKnow
Raja Deen Dayal is regarded now, and was considered during his lifetime, to be India’s most important 19th century photographer.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 09:13:18.166000
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665196
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Photography
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PH - Misc. 19th Century
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46 albumen prints on 26 sheets
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