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Raja Deen Dayal — Elephant Battery on March at Jhansi

Raja Deen Dayal

Elephant Battery on March at Jhansi

1882

Military documentation reveals the continued use of traditional Indian warfare methods within the British colonial army structure. Deen Dayal's composition emphasizes the exotic spectacle that fascinated Victorian audiences while serving practical military record-keeping purposes.

Medium
albumen print

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Raja Deen Dayal, Elephant Battery on March at Jhansi, 1882

Military documentation reveals the continued use of traditional Indian warfare methods within the British colonial army structure. Deen Dayal's composition emphasizes the exotic spectacle that fascinated Victorian audiences while serving practical military record-keeping purposes.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Animal, Documentary, 19th Century, Indian, Military, Historical, Elephant

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago