Virabadra Drug as seen from near the site of the last view
December 1857–January 1858
Medium
Salted paper print from waxed paper negative
Dimensions
27.7 x 38.2 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/16 in. )
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1997
Accession Number
1997.382.60
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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...