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The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Col. Adam, Captain H.V. Benett, Col. Becher, Gen. Knowles, Captain Herbert, Col. Cavaye, Mrs. Cavaye, and Gen. R. Gellispie, Mhow

1887

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
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Culture
India
Medium
albumen print
Measurements
Image: 19.1 x 26.6 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 19.1 x 26.6 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.2
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This gathering of British military officers was occasioned by the visit of Queen Victoria’s seventh child, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850–1942) (seated, second from left). His wife, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, is the woman on the right. As commander in chief of the Bombay Presidency from 1886 to 1890, the prince performed military inspections and embarked on diplomatic missions throughout India. Dignitaries’ visits were routinely commemorated with a professional photograph. The photographer often took the image for free, counting on the purchase of prints by those wanting to feature the dignitary in their parlors on walls and tables or in albums.
A horizontally oriented albumen print depicts ten people with light skin tones on a pillared porch. In the center, five men in military uniforms stand behind two seated women, one in a dark dress and one in light. On our left, two men sit, while another sits on the far right. Two seated men hold swords. Lush plants flank the group on a patterned rug, with a small dog at the left.

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Col. Adam, Captain H.V. Benett, Col. Becher, Gen. Knowles, Captain Herbert, Col. Cavaye, Mrs. Cavaye, and Gen. R. Gellispie, Mhow

1887

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India

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