South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur
Medium
albumenized salt print
Dimensions
image: 27.7 × 34.2 cm · paper: 27.7 × 36.1 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
2020.213
Tags
male
About this artwork
Early box cameras had no shutter; the photographer just removed and replaced the lens cap, guessing at how long to leave it off. Linnaeus Tripe’s mastery of light and exposure here is incredible. The print allows us to read the decoration that is in shadow as well as that in full sunlight.