Picnic party, Mashobra
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
Picnic party, Mashobra is a 1887 by Raja Deen Dayal, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This photo shows a fancy picnic in India, 1887. A big group sits under trees. Some play badminton. A woman swings. A man on a horse watches. It was shot for Federico Peliti, a hotel owner who threw big parties. His wife Judith is on the swing. Deen Dayal used a camera—then a new tool—to show this moment. See this in person at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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 Shimla. 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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