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Heavy Field Battery, Jhansi

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
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Culture
India
Medium
albumen print
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.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.28
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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.
A horizontally oriented albumen print depicts soldiers with medium and medium-dark skin tones standing in a flat landscape. In the center foreground, men surround a large carriage. To the left, two elephants stand, while a long line of bullocks is harnessed toward the right. Low buildings and tents dot the middle ground. The scene grows hazier in the background, where pointed mountains rise along the horizon under a pale sky.

Heavy Field Battery, Jhansi

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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