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
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...