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Raja Deen Dayal

Reverend Loche at Neemuch

1887
albumen print

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This building is a “dak bungalow,” one of the British government guesthouses that were central to the lives of British travelers in India. This network of houses offered places to eat, stay, rent fresh horses, and conduct business while traveling between residences. The bungalows’ wide latticed verandahs admitted breezes, kept out pests, and provided some privacy. The average British Indian military household had at least six servants; eleven Indian servants are shown here, including the only Indian woman pictured in this exhibition. Many images in this album show servants, but they are never mentioned in the captions.

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