The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Reverend Loche at Neemuch

1887

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Image: 19.4 x 26.5 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 19.4 x 26.5 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.31
Location: Not on view

Description

This building is a “dak bungalow,” one of the British government guesthouses that were central to the lives of British travelers in India. This network of houses offered places to eat, stay, rent fresh horses, and conduct business while traveling between residences. The bungalows’ wide latticed verandahs admitted breezes, kept out pests, and provided some privacy. The average British Indian military household had at least six servants; eleven Indian servants are shown here, including the only Indian woman pictured in this exhibition. Many images in this album show servants, but they are never mentioned in the captions.
  • 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=Reverend Loche at Neemuch|url=false|author=Raja Deen Dayal|year=1887|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.31