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The Lanka Palace in the Kaiser Bach, Lucknow

Louis-Théophile Marie RousseletLinkedCulture matchlcp-af55f63ddb88

Date: 1865–68, published 1869–70
Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
Culture: France, 19th century
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 455606

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Concerned that his drawings did not do justice to the splendor of India’s monuments, Rousselet learned photography in India that year, a remarkable accomplishment. He proved to be a talented photographer with a sophisticated sense of composition. The scenes in this volume sweep across sites of Sultanate, Rajput, and Mughal power in northern India, from the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi on the Ganges River to Alwar in Rajasthan. Also included are several scenes of industry and portraits of Indian rulers. Louis Rousselet described himself as a “scientific traveler” when he went to India alone at age 18 in 1863 and stayed into 1868.

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Credit line: Alma Kroeger Fund
Provenance: ?-2022: (Adnan Sezer Gallery, Paris, France), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | June 6, 2022-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH