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Fancy Group, Indore I

1886
(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Image: 12.4 x 19.9 cm (4 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.); Paper: 12.4 x 19.9 cm (4 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.34
Location: not on view
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Entertainments at “fancy dress” or costume parties often included amateur theatricals or tableaux vivants—static scenes drawn from literature, history, or artworks. Here, Deen Dayal captured three moments distilled from a popular novel or play. The guests—all middle or upper class—perform as characters ranging from the working class to ladies and gentlemen. The woman holding a bucket labeled “Emma Brown of Margate” was likely playing a fishwife selling her husband’s catch. Because the photographic technology of the time required strong daylight, the photographs would have been made on a separate occasion, not at the party.
Fancy Group, Indore I

Fancy Group, Indore I

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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