Quarterdeck of HMS “Impregnable”
1852–1854
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 27 × 34.8 cm (10 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.) mount: 28.6 × 35.7 cm (11 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Sarah and William L Walton Fund, Diana and Mallory Walker Fund and Robert B. Menschel Fund
Accession Number
2010.72.1
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...