Col. Carpendale and family, Neemuch (recto, bottom)
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a British officer in a white uniform sitting with his family on a porch in India, palm trees behind them. This isn’t a painting—it’s an early photograph. The officer, Colonel Carpendale, worked for the British government in India. The photo was part of an album made as a souvenir for a British official. It shows how the British lived in India at the time, mixing their own customs with the place they ruled. To see more photos like this, look up Raja Deen Dayal.
