Amerapoora: Pyee-dyk Kyoung
September 1–October 21, 1855
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 25.1 × 34.2 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.) mount: 45.6 × 58.3 cm (17 15/16 × 22 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Edward J. Lenkin Fund
Accession Number
2012.87.22
Art Historical Context
**Amerapoora: Pyee-dyk Kyoung** Linnaeus Tripe, 1–October 21, 1855* Albumen print; image/sheet: 25.1 × 34.2 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.); mount: 45.6 × 58.3 cm (17 15/16 × 22 15/16 in.) National Gallery of Art,, D.C. Edward J. Lenkin Captured by British photographer Linnaeuspe during his 1855 mission to Burma (modern-day Myanmar), this albumen print depicts Pyee-dyk Kyoung, a striking Buddhist monastery in Amarapura. Tripe, serving as the East India Company's official photographer, documented the region's ornate teakwood architecture amid towering spires and intricate carvings—a testament...
About the Artist
Linnaeus Tripe
Linnaeus Tripe (1822–1902), born in Devonport, England, as the ninth of twelve children to Mary and Cornelius Tripe, pursued a military career influenced by his sister Emily's marriage to an army colonel. Joining the East India Company's Madras Infantry as a cadet in 1838, he rose to lieutenant in southern India by 1840 and captain in Bangalore by 1854. Extended leave in England from 1850 due to i...