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Bullock Cart, Delhi
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About this work
The bullock cart, an ancient and once prevalent means of transportation in India, is still widely used in rural areas today. Here, a driver and his staff wait for a passenger. This occupational image, created by British colonial photographers for European audiences, offered armchair travelers a European view of local Indian life and customs.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBullock Cart, Delhi, 1863. Shepherd & Robertson (British, active Agra and Shimla, 1862–1864). Albumen print from glass plate negative; image: 18 x 24.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.); paper: 18 x 24.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.); mounted: 22.4 x 31.7 cm (8 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, 2018.36
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