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Mahmud Gawan Madrasa, Bidar
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Mahmud Gawan Madrasa, Bidar

Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905), artist · c. 1890 · albumen print

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The architectural decoration on the tower echoes patterns on Bidri ware (see CMA 2020.206 ), ornamented metallic vessels cast from condensed vapors of zinc in a technique native to that city. This image is notable for the precision and poetry with which the people are posed. Most gaze at the camera, probably instructed to do so by Deen Dayal; this is rarely the case in images by foreign photographers.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineMahmud Gawan Madrasa, Bidar, c. 1890. Raja Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844–1905). Albumen print; paper: 26 x 19.7 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.); mounted: 32.7 x 25.5 cm (12 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2024.81
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