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Robert Hotz Esquire and Bulldog

1887
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(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Image: 13.2 x 19.8 cm (5 3/16 x 7 13/16 in.); Paper: 13.2 x 19.8 cm (5 3/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.12
Location: not on view
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Robert Hotz (1844–1923), a professional photographer with studios in Calcutta and Shimla, poses with his bulldog, a breed that had symbolized England since the 1700s. Many British people came with or imported dogs to India. The British relied on their Indian servants to walk, feed, and care for the animals. Before the British arrived, Indian people rarely kept dogs as pets. Historically, in Indian art, dogs and jackals were associated with cremation grounds and were not folded into scenes of domestic life.

Robert Hotz Esquire and Bulldog

1887

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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