id:			290435
accession number:	2016.266.21
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.21
updated:		2023-09-01 11:01:03.150000

Maharaja of Rewa in Prayer, 1886. Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905). Albumen print; image: 20 x 27.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.); paper: 20 x 27.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.21

title:				Maharaja of Rewa in Prayer
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creation date:			1886
creation date earliest:		1886
creation date latest:		1886
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: 20 x 27.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 20 x 27.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: “28.7A”
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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:
Performing religious devotions was part of a maharaja’s duty to protect his kingdom. Praying before an altar, the maharaja fingers prayer beads and sits opposite a mirror, an auspicious object in Hindu worship<em>. </em>The lines painted on the men’s foreheads indicatethat they are devotees of the Hindu god Vishnu<em>. </em>This group portrait demonstrates three ways rulers serve the state: by being a military commander, a worldly scholar, and, in this image, an observant Hindu.
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.266.21/2016.266.21_full.tif