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Raja Deen Dayal — Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F. R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H. E. The Countess of Dufferin, H. E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto)

Raja Deen Dayal

Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F. R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H. E. The Countess of Dufferin, H. E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto)

1887

Viceregal group portrait documents the highest levels of British colonial society during Lord Dufferin's tenure as Viceroy of India. Deen Dayal's meticulous identification of each figure reflects the importance of such gatherings in maintaining imperial social networks and administrative continuity.

Medium
albumen print

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Raja Deen Dayal, Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F. R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H. E. The Countess of Dufferin, H. E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto), 1887

Viceregal group portrait documents the highest levels of British colonial society during Lord Dufferin's tenure as Viceroy of India. Deen Dayal's meticulous identification of each figure reflects the importance of such gatherings in maintaining imperial social networks and administrative continuity.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1887
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Albumen Print, Documentary, Photograph, Indian, Historical, Colonial, Group Portrait, Sepia, Modern, Formal

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago