id:			290405
accession number:	2016.266.10
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.10
updated:		2023-09-01 11:01:02.921000

Picnic party, Mashobra, 1887. Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905). Albumen print; image: 19.3 x 26.1 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.); paper: 19.3 x 26.1 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.10

title:				Picnic party, Mashobra
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creation date:			1887
creation date earliest:		1887
creation date latest:		1887
current location:		230 Photography
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	India
technique:	albumen print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 19.3 x 26.1 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.); Paper: 19.3 x 26.1 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Imprinted in white on recto: “2952”
Stamped in purple ink on verso: “LALA DEEN DIYAL/PHOTOGRAPHER/INDORE/c.”
Stamped in black ink on verso: “21.7.F”
Written in pencil on verso: “2952”
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers
	opening date:   2023-04-23T04:00:00
	<i>Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23, 2023-February 4, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Studio of Raja Deen Dayal, sold to commissioner (identity unknown)
	date: 1887 or 1888
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	Walter Clode [1929–2022], Pershore, England, sold or consigned to Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England
	date: 1970s–2015
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	(Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015–16
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 5, 2016–
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wall description:
This scene is from one of many lavish entertainments hosted by caterer, restaurateur, and hotelier Federico Peliti (Italian, 1844–1914) at his forested country estate outside Simla. In the photograph, Peliti is on horseback and his wife Judith 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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