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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Raja Deen Dayal — Primary Class Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (recto); High Class Students and Teachers at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (verso)

Raja Deen Dayal

Primary Class Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (recto); High Class Students and Teachers at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (verso)

1882

Documentary photography captures both elementary and advanced students at a British colonial school in India, demonstrating the stratified educational system of the Raj period. Raja Deen Dayal's formal group portraits reveal the intersection of British educational ideals with Indian colonial society.

Medium
albumen print

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