Tanjore: Great Pagoda, Entrance Looking Outwards
March-April 1858
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 27.2 x 34.7 cm (10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.) support: 45.6 x 57.5 cm (17 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
1995.36.120
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...