The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Fancy Group of Children, Indore

1886

Raja Deen Dayal

(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Image: 19.7 x 26.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 19.7 x 26.3 cm (7 3/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.37
Location: Not on view

Description

Children’s “fancy dress” or costume parties were also popular among the British during the Victorian era. Fairy tales inspired a number of the costumes shown here, including Little Red Riding Hood with basket and cape, Little Miss Muffet with a milking stool and bucket, and Little Bo Beep and her shepherd’s crook. Note the dog peeking out behind the girl on the right.
  • 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=Fancy Group of Children, Indore|url=false|author=Raja Deen Dayal|year=1886|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.37