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Raja Deen Dayal — Fancy Ball, Indore
Raja Deen Dayal

Fancy Ball, Indore

1886

Elaborate period costumes and careful staging create a theatrical tableau that captures the exotic fantasies and cultural performances of colonial social life.

Medium
albumen print
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Raja Deen Dayal, Fancy Ball, Indore, 1886

Elaborate period costumes and careful staging create a theatrical tableau that captures the exotic fantasies and cultural performances of colonial social life.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1886
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Photography, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, Indian, Interior, Portrait, Sepia Tones, Figurative, Formal

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago