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Miss Lyall, Shimla

1887

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
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Culture
India
Medium
albumen print
Measurements
Image: 12.4 x 20.3 cm (4 7/8 x 8 in.); Paper: 12.4 x 20.3 cm (4 7/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.5
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Location
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Description

A number of Deen Dayal’s Simla portraits include rickshaws, which were items of great novelty, being found in India only in Simla at the time. The two-wheeled, human-powered passenger cart first appeared in Japan around 1870 and was introduced to Simla around 1880 by a Scottish missionary. The town’s steep hills required four drivers, two to pull and two to push. Horse-drawn buggies were another common means of transport.
A horizontally oriented albumen print depicts a woman with light skin seated in a two-wheeled carriage. She wears a striped blouse, dark hat, and plaid blanket. Six men with dark skin and turbans surround her; two in front hold the carriage poles, one with a lantern attached. To our left, a gnarled tree trunk stands before a building with glass-paned windows. Shadows stretch across the dirt ground.

Miss Lyall, Shimla

1887

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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