The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Major Martelli's Camp at Mhow

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Image: 19 x 26.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 19 x 26.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.29
Location: Not on view

Description

Major N. C. Martelli was a political agent, one of the officials who helped maintain British control over the princely Indian states through diplomacy, consultation, and monitoring. This camp may have been portable housing for his extensive travels, or a hunting camp occupied during leisure time. Martelli volunteered for a British organization dedicated to supplying and training female medical professionals to treat Indian women. The women pictured may be Martelli’s family, guests, or medical personnel involved with that project.
  • 1887 or 1888
    Studio of Raja Deen Dayal, sold to commissioner (identity unknown)
    1970s–2015
    Walter Clode [1929–2022], Pershore, England, sold or consigned to Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England
    2015–16
    (Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 5, 2016–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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=Major Martelli's Camp at Mhow|url=false|author=Raja Deen Dayal|year=1886|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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