Mr. Brown's Horses, Jhansi (1887): Art, History and Details

Mr. Brown's Horses, Jhansi (1887) 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:

Imported into India in great numbers by the British, horses were used for both transportation and sports such as riding, polo, and racing. Caring for the animals fell largely to Indian servants. Captions on the photographs’ mounts specify the owners of these animals (note that Major Sparks also has a monkey and pet deer). However, none of the Indian servants is identified. Nor would they have received a copy of the photograph because of their low social status, which was far below that of Deen Dayal.

Object facts

• Title: Mr. Brown's Horses, Jhansi
• Date: 1887
• Creator attribution: Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905)
• Culture: India
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print
• Dimensions: Image: 18.9 x 27.6 cm (7 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Paper: 18.9 x 27.6 cm (7 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
• Collection: PH - Misc. 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2016.266.24

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

View the collection record

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