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Fancy Group, Indore II

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
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Culture
India
Medium
albumen print
Measurements
Image: 11.7 x 18.9 cm (4 5/8 x 7 7/16 in.); Paper: 11.7 x 18.9 cm (4 5/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.35
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

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. Because the photographic technology of the time required strong daylight, the photographs would have been made on a separate occasion, not at the party.
A horizontally oriented sepia-toned photograph depicts five people with light skin tones. At left, a woman in a striped dress peers behind a dark partition. Next, a man with a mustache in a dark suit stands beside a youth in a light jacket holding a bottle. Beside him, a woman in a white apron gazes at the youth. On our right, an older man with white hair and beard stands with one hand raised.

Fancy Group, Indore II

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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