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
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Linnaeus Tripe · 1822–1902
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...