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The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Col. Adam, Captain H.V. Benett, Col. Becher, Gen. Knowles, Captain Herbert, Col. Cavaye, Mrs. Cavaye, and Gen. R. Gellispie, Mhow

Raja Deen DayalLinkedCulture matchlcp-900fe823d6cd

Date: 1887
Medium: albumen print
Culture: India
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 290431

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This gathering of British military officers was occasioned by the visit of Queen Victoria’s seventh child, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) (seated, second from left). His wife, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, is the woman on the right. As commander in chief of the Bombay Presidency from 1886 to 1890, the prince performed military inspections and embarked on diplomatic missions throughout India. Dignitaries’ visits were routinely commemorated with a professional photograph. The photographer often took the image for free, counting on the purchase of prints by those wanting to feature the dignitary in their parlors on walls and tables or in albums.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: 1887 or 1888: Studio of Raja Deen Dayal, sold to commissioner (identity unknown) | 1970s–2015: Walter Clode [1929–2022], Pershore, England, sold or consigned to Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England | 2015–16: (Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | December 5, 2016–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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