DESCRIPTION
Purana Pul, or the Old Bridge, was built over the River Musi in 1578 to connect Golconda and Hyderabad. Legend has it that Prince Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah fell in love with a Hindu woman named Bhagmati, who used to live on the other side of the Musi. His father Sultan Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah made the bridge so that the young prince could cross the river safely and meet his lover. For this reason, the bridge is also often called ?Pyar-ana Pul? or ?On Love Bridge? in English.
Purana Pul was the first bridge constructed in Hyderabad, and is amongst the oldest in South India. It has 22 arches and is 600 feet long. The bridge is now defunct, and is used as a vegetable market, but it remains one of the oldest landmarks of Hyderabad.
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Artist Name
Raja Deen Dayal
Edition
Open Edition
About the Artist
Lala Deen Dayal (1844 - 1905) popularly known as Raja Deen Dayal was born at Sardhana near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh in a Jain jewellers family. He studied engineering at Thompson Civil Engineering College, Roorkee after which he joined the public works department Indore as a head estimator and draftsman. His photographic career began in the 1870's, when he accompanied Sir Lepel Griffin on his Central India tour during which he photographed Gwalior, Khajuraho, and other Central India sites. He became the court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI, who awarded him the title Raja Bahadur Musavvir Jung Bahadur, and he was appointed as the photographer to the Viceroy of India in 1885. He received the Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria in 1897. He won many awards in exhibitions in India and abroad, notable the World Colombian Commission in 1893 in USA. In 1896 he expanded his business and opened his studio at Bombay which was patronized by both Indian and the British.
Specifications
Printed on laminated engineered wood with synthetic wood box and option for useage on table top or as a wall hanging
About the Art form
Albumen prints are a variety of photographic paper print in which a finely divided silver and gold image is dispersed in a matrix of egg white. Such prints constitute by far the largest category of objects in 19th century photographic collections. The albumen print became popular because it produced a rich sharp image. The process involves coating a sheet of paper with albumen (egg white), making the paper's surface glossy and smooth. It is then coated in a solution of silver nitrate.
Provenance
The image on the clock is inspired by vintage albumen print from the Prshant Lahoti Collection, part of Kalakriti Archives, Hyderabad, a private archives of historical maps, photographs and popular prints of Indian Sub-continent.
Year
1890 c.
