Picnic Party at Mr. Peliti's Country House, Mashobra

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Picnic Party at Mr. Peliti's Country House, Mashobra

Raja Deen DayalLinkedCulture matchlcp-900fe823d6cd

Date
1887
Medium
albumen print
Culture
India
Department
Photography
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
292697

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This scene is from one of many lavish entertainments hosted by local caterer, restaurateur, and hotelier Federico Peliti (Italian, 1844–1914) at his forested country estate outside Shimla. In the photograph, Peliti is on horseback and his wife Judith is on the swing. Swings have a long history as items of leisurely pleasure in Europe and India. Badminton, which originated in England in 1873, was popular in India. Deen Dayal may have been invited to document this gathering because he and Peliti, an amateur photographer, both belonged to the Photographic Society of Bombay.

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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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