Bridge near Collector’s House, Shungavellor, India
Linnaeus Tripe
December 1857—January 1858
Medium
waxed-paper negative
Dimensions
image/sheet: 26.3 × 40 cm (10 3/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Betsy Karel
Accession Number
2016.62.1
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...