Arcade in Quadrangle
1858
Medium
Salted paper print or diluted albumen print from calotype negative, plate III from Photographic Views in Madura, part IV
Dimensions
Image: 31.7 × 29.5 cm (12 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.); Paper: 33.5 × 30.5 cm (13 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
97063
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...