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Bullock Cart, Delhi
Shepherd & Robertson (British, active Agra and Simla, 1862-1864)1863
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Bullock Cart, Delhi
- Creator: Shepherd & Robertson (British, active Agra and Simla, 1862-1864)
- Date Created: 1863
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Provenance: Bruno Tartarin, photovintagefrance, Arnaville, France, Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.36
- Medium: Albumen print from glass plate negative
- Department: Photography
- Culture: India, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2018.36
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