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Miss Lyall, Shimla
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About this work
A number of Deen Dayal’s Simla portraits include rickshaws, which were items of great novelty, being found in India only in Simla at the time. The two-wheeled, human-powered passenger cart first appeared in Japan around 1870 and was introduced to Simla around 1880 by a Scottish missionary. The town’s steep hills required four drivers, two to pull and two to push. Horse-drawn buggies were another common means of transport.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMiss Lyall, Shimla, 1887. Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905). Albumen print; image: 12.4 x 20.3 cm (4 7/8 x 8 in.); paper: 12.4 x 20.3 cm (4 7/8 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2016.266.5
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