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RAJA DEEN DAYAL Artist-Photographer in 19Th-Century India RAJA DEEN DAYAL Artist-Photographer in 19th-Century India RAJA DEEN DAYAL Artist-Photographer in 19th-Century India Deepali Dewan and Deborah Hutton Te Alkazi Collection of Photography in association with Mapin Publishing First published in India in 2013 by Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd and CONTENTS Te Alkazi Collection of Photography Simultaneously published in the United States of America in 2013 by Grantha Corporation 13 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS E: [email protected] Chapter 1 Distributed in North America by 16 INTRODUCTION Antique Collectors’ Club front cover Deborah Hutton and Deepali Dewan 5t' DEEN DAYAL &JOGP!BOUJRVFDDDPNtXXXBOUJRVFDPMMFDUPSTDMVCDPN 5PQ"TDFOUUP&OUSBODFPG(XBMJPS'PSU MBUF1DzDZDz 'SPNViews of Central Chapter 2 India, "MCVNFO1SJOU 1IPUPHSBQIFST3FGdz 131 x 1dzDzNN(fg. 29) Distributed in United Kingdom and Europe by 52 PUBLIC WORKS AND PRINCELY STATES front endpapers Gazelle Book Servies Ltd. Deepali Dewan 5t' DEEN DAYAL &TBMFT!HB[FMMFCPPLTDPVLtXXXHB[FMMFCPPLTFSWJDFTDPVL 5XPQBSU1BOPSBNB #JSETFZFWJFXPGi+FZFOES#IBXBO GPSNFSMZDBMMFE A1IPPM#BHIw +BJ7JMBT 1BMBDF(BSEFO (XBMJPS MBUF1DzDZDz 'SPNViews of Chapter 3 Central India "MCVNFO1SJOUT 1IPUPHSBQIFST3FG17 and 1ǯ 1dzǮYǬǭǯNN Distributed in Southeast Asia by 80 VIEWS OF THE NIZAM’S DOMINIONS Paragon Asia Co. Ltd 1dzǯYǬǯǮNN(fg. 28) Deborah Hutton 5t' page 1 E: [email protected] &$3"*( 45"''1)050(3"1)&3 3"+"%&&/%":"-40/4 #0.#": i3BKB#BIBEVS.VTBWWJS+VOHw BTQFS4UVEJP3FHJTUFS "QSJM1dzǪǮ 4JMWFS Chapter 4 Distributed in the Rest of the World by (FMBUJO1SJOU 1IPUPHSBQIFST3FGǬdzǰǮǭ 1ǭǭǭYdzǯǬǯNN(fg. 2) Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd 110 ROYAL AND VICEREGAL ENCOUNTERS ,BJWBOOB 1BODIWBUJ &MMJTCSJEHF "INFEBCBE*/%*" Āñ÷õăǬoǭ Deepali Dewan 5t' LALA DEEN DAYAL &NBQJO!NBQJOQVCDPNtXXXNBQJOQVCDPN 7JDFSFHBM1BSUZ4JNMB -PSE%VêFSJO GSPOUSPX DFOUSF NJE1DzDzǰ From Indian Photographs by Lala Deen Dayal of Indore, "MCVNFO1SJOU Chapter 5 Te Alkazi Collection of Photography 1IPUPHSBQIFST3FGǭǯǯǭ 1dzǪYǬǰDZNN (fg. 8) 134 IMAGES OF THE HUNT 6OJUFE,JOHEPN-POEPOtTUFQIBOJFSPZ!CUJOUFSOFUDPN Āñ÷õăǮoǯ Deborah Hutton *OEJB/FX%FMIJtSBIBBC!BDQBSDIJWFTDPN -"-"%&&/%":"- */%03&$* (BSMB#SJEHFPWFS1BLIBM3JWFS %FDFNCFS DzDzDZo'FCSVBSZ1DzDzDz 'SPNViews 1 Chapter 6 Text © Te Alkazi Collection of Photography of H.H. Te Nizam’s Dominion, Hyderabad Deccan 1DzDzDz "MCVNFO1SJOU 1IPUPHSBQITªɨF"MLB[J$PMMFDUJPOPG1IPUPHSBQIZVOMFTTOPUFEPUIFSXJTF 1IPUPHSBQIFST3FGǭDzǪDZ 1dzǮYǬǰǯNN(fg. 54) 164 ELITE LIFE IN HYDERABAD AND SECUNDERABAD reproduced with permission. Āñ÷õăǰoDZ Deborah Hutton "MMSJHIUTSFTFSWFEVOEFSJOUFSOBUJPOBMDPQZSJHIUDPOWFOUJPOT/PQBSUPGUIJT DEEN DAYAL CPPLNBZCFSFQSPEVDFEPSUSBOTNJUUFEJOBOZGPSNPSCZBOZNFBOT FMFDUSPOJD <%VLFPG$POOBVHIUT>&MFQIBOU1SPDFTTJPO$SPTTJOH"G[VM(VOK#SJEHF Chapter 7 PSNFDIBOJDBM JODMVEJOHQIPUPDPQZ SFDPSEJOHPSBOZPUIFSJOGPSNBUJPOTUPSBHF ǬǮ+BOVBSZ1DzDzdz ǰ1ǯQN 'SPNTe Royal Visit 1889, Hyderabad Deccan BOESFUSJFWBMTZTUFN XJUIPVUQSJPSQFSNJTTJPOJOXSJUJOHGSPNUIFQVCMJTIFS "MCVNFO1SJOU 1dzǮYǬǰDZNN(fg. 66) 192 INTERIORS AND INTERIORITY Deepali Dewan Āñ÷õăDzodz Te moral rights of Deepali Dewan and Deborah Hutton 3"+"%&&/%":"-40/4 "351)050(3"1)*$4"-0/Ɇ#0.#": to be identifed as authors of this work are asserted. AND SECUNDERABAD 5BK.BIBMBU"HSBGSPN3JWFS 1DzDzDZ "MCVNFO1SJOU 1IPUPHSBQIFST ISBN: 978-81-89995-76-8 (Mapin) APPENDICES 3FGǭǮǪdz Ǭ1ǮYǬDZǪNN(fg. 40) ISBN: 978-1-935677-36-9 (Grantha) 218 Appendix A: Timeline LCCN: 2013931770 back endpapers 220 Appendix B: Dating LALA DEEN DAYAL $PQZFEJUJOH3VLNJOJ$IBXMB,VNBS 7JOVUIB.BMMZB.BQJO&EJUPSJBM A4BHPJOSFBSPG8BUFS1BMBDF %FFH 1DzDzǮ "MCVNFO1SJOU 1IPUPHSBQIFST 224 Appendix C: Signatures and Wet Stamps %FTJHO1BVMPNJ4IBIBOE(PQBM-JNCBE.BQJO%FTJHO4UVEJP Ref. 1dzǪDZ 1ǪdzY1DZDZNN ACP: 2005.08.0009 1SPEVDUJPO(PQBM-JNCBE.BQJO%FTJHO4UVEJP 1SPPGSFBEJOH/FIB.BOLF.BQJO&EJUPSJBM back cover 227 Bibliography "SDIJWBMSFTFBSDI+FOOJGFS$IPXEISZ 4IJMQJ(PTXBNJ #BDLPGDBCJOFUDBSEGSPN*OEPSFTUVEJP 1ǭ+BOVBSZ1DzdzǮ *OLPOCPBSE 1ǰǮY1ǪǯNN +PZPUJ3PZɨF"MLB[J$PMMFDUJPOPG1IPUPHSBQIZ 231 Glossary i3BKB%FFO%BZBM4POT "SU1IPUPHSBQIJD(BMMFSZ 4FDVOEFSBCBEw 1SPDFTTFEBOE1SJOUFECZ1SBHBUJ1SJOUFST )ZEFSBCBE 8FUTUBNQ QPTU1DzdzǮoFBSMZ1dzǪǪT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tis book has had a long gestation period. 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