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Major Sparks, Indore, July 86

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
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Culture
India
Medium
albumen print
Measurements
Image: 17 x 27.1 cm (6 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 17 x 27.1 cm (6 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.30
Public Domain
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Not on view
Print

Description

Imported into India in great numbers by the British, horses were used for both transportation and sports such as riding, polo, and racing. Caring for the animals fell largely to Indian servants. Captions on the photographs’ mounts specify the owners of these animals (note that Major Sparks also has a monkey and pet deer). However, none of the Indian servants is identified. Nor would they have received a copy of the photograph because of their low social status, which was far below that of Deen Dayal.
A horizontally oriented sepia albumen print depicts several men and animals before a long, tiled building. In the grassy foreground, two monkeys and a dog rest near men with medium skin tone crouching with small deer. In the middle ground, two men with light skin tone in white suits stand among four dark horses and several more men in tunics and turbans. A textured roof and wall with windows fill the background.

Major Sparks, Indore, July 86

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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