Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Gentleman

Raja Deen Dayal

Date

1887

Medium

albumen print

Culture

India

Department

Photography

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two studio portraits of this sitter were included in the album; the other one was acquired by the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, Switzerland. Neither photograph was captioned, and the sitter remains unidentified. He almost certainly commissioned these two portraits and may be the person who ordered and chose the images for the album. Its owner would not need to label their own likeness. However, many who create albums do just that to ensure they are known to future generations of viewers.

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