Maharaja of Rewa and Classmates

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Maharaja of Rewa and Classmates

Raja Deen DayalLinkedCulture matchlcp-900fe823d6cd

Date
1886
Medium
albumen print
Culture
India
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
290410

Deen Dayal uses the arrangement of people and the architecture to point to the most important person in the photograph. Here, the Maharaja of Rewa is placed front and center. “Sardars,” inscribed on the top picture’s mount, refers to the military officials surrounding him. After 1858, British influence dictated that Indian rulers be educated in European history and ideas as well as their local culture and history. In the bottom image, the young maharaja is shown with Indian teachers, but the instructional tools are Western: bound books and a raised relief globe (with Asia visible).

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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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