The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Miss Lyall, Simla

Miss Lyall, Simla

1887
(Indian, 1844–1905)
India
albumen print
Image: 12.4 x 20.3 cm (4 7/8 x 8 in.); Paper: 12.4 x 20.3 cm (4 7/8 x 8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.266.5
Location: not on view

Description

A number of Deen Dayal’s Simla portraits include rickshaws, which were items of great novelty, being found in India only in Simla at the time. The two-wheeled, human-powered passenger cart first appeared in Japan around 1870 and was introduced to Simla around 1880 by a Scottish missionary. The town’s steep hills required four drivers, two to pull and two to push. Horse-drawn buggies were another common means of transport.
  • 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=Miss Lyall, Simla|url=false|author=Raja Deen Dayal|year=1887|access-date=23 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.5