Major Martelli's Camp at Mhow (1886): Art, History and Details

Major Martelli's Camp at Mhow (1886) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Major N. C. Martelli was a political agent, one of the officials who helped maintain British control over the princely Indian states through diplomacy, consultation, and monitoring. This camp may have been portable housing for his extensive travels, or a hunting camp occupied during leisure time. Martelli volunteered for a British organization dedicated to supplying and training female medical professionals to treat Indian women. The women pictured may be Martelli’s family, guests, or medical personnel involved with that project.

Object facts

• Title: Major Martelli's Camp at Mhow
• Date: 1886
• Creator attribution: Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905)
• Culture: India
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print
• Dimensions: Image: 19 x 26.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 19 x 26.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
• Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2016.266.29

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

View the collection record

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