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Raja Deen Dayal — Commissioner's house, Jhansi (recto)

Raja Deen Dayal

Commissioner's house, Jhansi (recto)

1882

Administrative architecture embodies colonial power through photography that transforms buildings into symbols of governance.

Medium
albumen print

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Raja Deen Dayal, Commissioner's house, Jhansi (recto), 1882

Administrative architecture embodies colonial power through photography that transforms buildings into symbols of governance.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1882
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Albumen Print, Historic building, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Indian, Landscape, Colonial, Sepia, Architecture

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago