id:			290418
accession number:	2016.266.28
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.28
updated:		2023-09-01 11:01:03.025000

Heavy Field Battery, Jhansi, 1886. Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905). Albumen print; image: 18.3 x 27 cm (7 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.); paper: 18.3 x 27 cm (7 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.28

title:				Heavy Field Battery, Jhansi
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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: 18.3 x 27 cm (7 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.); Paper: 18.3 x 27 cm (7 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	No visible inscriptions
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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:
Exercises involving elephant batteries, which were exotic to European eyes, attracted spectators; photographs of them were excellent souvenirs of these military forces employed by the British Indian Army. Elephants had been employed in warfare in India since at least the 500s BC, but with the advent of heavy artillery, their function switched from attack to support. They transported big guns and supplies and worked in logging and construction. It took many cattle to pull a load that could be handled by two elephants.
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.266.28/2016.266.28_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.266.28/2016.266.28_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.266.28/2016.266.28_full.tif