raja deen dayal
early life and training raja deen dayal, also known as lala deen dayal, was an indian photographer born in sardhana, india in 1844. he died in 1905. trained as an engineer at thomason college of civil engineering at roorkee, dayal began his career in photography in the mid-1870s. career highlights established studios in indore, mumbai, and hyderabad, becoming the court photographer to the sixth nizam of hyderabad, mahbub ali khan, asif jah vi. appointed as the photographer to the viceroy of india in 1885. received the royal warrant from queen victoria in 1897. notable works and collections…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of raja deen dayal's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
