Fancy Ball, Indore

The image shows a sepia-toned photograph titled "Fancy Ball, Indore" by Raja Deen Dayal. The photograph features seven people posing in a room. The group consists of three women on the left side, one man in a white shirt and pants in the center left, a man in a military-style uniform with his arms raised above his head in the center, a man sitting on a chair to the right of him, and a woman on the far right. The three women on the left wear long dresses with the woman on far left also wearing a hat. The woman in the center wears a long dress with a black sash. The man in the military-style uniform wears a dark-colored jacket with buttons down the front. The man sitting on the chair wears a dark suit with a white shirt and bow tie. The woman on the far right wears a long dress with vertical stripes and a ruffled hem. The background features a dark wall with a lighter-colored wall on the left side that has a window with a curtain. The floor appears to have a patterned carpet.

Artwork Details

Dimensions: 900 × 551 px
Museum Record: View original

Palette

Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F. R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H. E. The Countess of Dufferin, H. E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto)

Viceregal Party Shimla (verso)

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Col. Adam, Captain H.V. Benett, Col. Becher, Gen. Knowles, Captain Herbert, Col. Cavaye, Mrs. Cavaye, and Gen. R. Gellispie, Mhow

Camera Work: Portraits - A Group

His Eminence Commander in Chief and Party, Shimla

"A Run of Luck," at Drury Lane Theatre

Untitled (marriage portrait)

Untitled (theatrical scene with seven costumed figures)

Carnaval

Mr. Robert Holtz and family (verso)

Captain Watkins and Non Com. officers

Sir Auckland Colvin and Family, Shimla

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Casino

Civil officers at Jhansi (recto)

Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F.R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F.R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H.E. The Countess of Dufferin, H.E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto); Viceregal Party Shimla (verso)