The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
His Highness the Maharaja of Rewa
1886
(Indian, 1844–1905)
Image: 26.7 x 20.3 cm (10 1/2 x 8 in.); Paper: 26.7 x 20.3 cm (10 1/2 x 8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.17
Location: not on view
Description
Deen Dayal’s status as an Indian person may have helped him gain access to Indian rulers at the start of his career. The year before he received the patronage of British officials, Deen Dayal photographed ten-year-old Venkat Raman Singh (1876–1918; reigned 1880–1918), the Maharaja of Rewa. The studio portrait reveals the boy beneath the crown. He straddles a Western-style chair that is too tall for him, curling under his stockinged feet so they touch the floor. One of his many necklaces holds a painted or photographic portrait similar to the portrait jewel pendant in the nearby case.- 1887 or 1888Studio of Raja Deen Dayal, sold to commissioner (identity unknown)1970s–2015Walter Clode [1929–2022], Pershore, England, sold or consigned to Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England2015–16(Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHDecember 5, 2016–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: Photography.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 26-27. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 26.Tannenbaum, Barbara. “The Photos of Raja Deen Dayal: The first great Indian photographer.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 63, no. 2 (2023): 10-11. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 11.
- Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23, 2023-February 4, 2024).
- {{cite web|title=His Highness the Maharaja of Rewa|url=false|author=Raja Deen Dayal|year=1886|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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