The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2024

Mrs. and Miss Lyall, Simla

Mrs. and Miss Lyall, Simla

1887
(Indian, 1844–1905)
Image: 19.9 x 27 cm (7 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.); Paper: 19.9 x 27 cm (7 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
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. Miss Lyall and Mrs. Lyall also appear in the photograph, suggesting that they had a significant personal relationship with the purchaser of the album.
  • 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
  • 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: P. 10; Mentioned: P. 10, 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=Mrs. and Miss Lyall, Simla|url=false|author=Raja Deen Dayal|year=1887|access-date=26 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.266.7