'Riding Camel with trappings. The figure on foot is a Rajpoot Thakoor'
About this artwork
The British Government began to build a photographic record of India in 1855. At first this was a random selection of images of important architectural and archaeological sites, produced by amateur photographers working as government officials and amateurs alike. From the 1860s images of Indian society were also added to this archive. Impey, a government colonial official as well as a skilled photographer, made numerous portraits illustrating characteristic Indian types and activities. This scene of a royal court invokes a sense of a timeless Indian past. Such ‘exotic’ scenes were popular with Victorian Britons.
Updated before 2020
-
artist:Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830 - 1904) British
-
title:'Riding Camel with trappings. The figure on foot is a Rajpoot Thakoor'
-
date created:1858 - 1865
-
materials:Albumen print
-
measurements:15.40 x 20.40 cm
-
object type:
-
credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
-
accession number:PGP R 194.61
-
gallery:
-
subject:
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey was a soldier and administrator from a well-known colonial family. In 1858 he took up his first appointment as a political agent in the court of Alwar in north-eastern Rajasthan. During his five years there he photographed extensively, amassing material for a book of...