Badminton Party at Mashobra, Shimla
1887
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Raja Deen Dayal
Raja Lala Deen Dayal, famously known as Raja Deen Dayal) was an Indian photographer.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Badminton Party at Mashobra, Shimla is a 1887 by Raja Deen Dayal, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a group of people playing badminton in a forested area. The scene is from a party hosted by Federico Peliti, a caterer and hotelier. He's on horseback, and his wife is on a swing. This photo is interesting because it shows how Europeans and Indians socialized together. Check out the work of Raja Deen Dayal, the artist who took this photo.
This scene is from one of many lavish entertainments hosted by caterer, restaurateur, and hotelier Federico Peliti (Italian, 1844–1914) at his forested country estate outside Simla. In the photograph, Peliti is on horseback and his wife Judith on the swing.. Swings have a long history as items of leisurely pleasure in Europe and India. Badminton, which originated in England in 1873, was popular in India. Deen Dayal may have been invited to document this gathering because he and Peliti, an amateur photographer, both belonged to the Photographic Society of Bombay.
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Raja Lala Deen Dayal, famously known as Raja Deen Dayal) was an Indian photographer.
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