Raja Deen Dayal, Major Sparks, Indore, July 86
Wade Fund, 2016.266.30 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Raja Deen Dayal

Major Sparks, Indore, July 86

1886

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
17 × 27.1 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-194954

Imported into India in great numbers by the British, horses were used for both transportation and sports such as riding, polo, and racing. Caring for the animals fell largely to Indian servants. Captions on the photographs’ mounts specify the owners of these animals (note that Major Sparks also has a monkey and pet deer). However, none of the Indian servants is identified. Nor would they have received a copy of the photograph because of their low social status, which was far below that of Deen Dayal.

Provenance

Wade Fund, 2016.266.30

Registry history

  • 1886 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — photographs

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