India
Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet (French, 1845–1929)
1865–68, published 1869–70
Medium
album with 39 albumen prints
Classification
Bound Volume
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Alma Kroeger Fund
Accession Number
2022.58
Tags
male
About this artwork
Concerned that his drawings did not do justice to the splendor of India’s monuments, Rousselet learned photography in India that year, a remarkable accomplishment. He proved to be a talented photographer with a sophisticated sense of composition. The scenes in this volume sweep across sites of Sultanate, Rajput, and Mughal power in northern India, from the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi on the Ganges River to Alwar in Rajasthan. Also included are several scenes of industry and portraits of Indian...