id: 157317 accession number: 1994.18 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.18 updated: 2023-08-23 23:21:09.811000 Photographic views of Ryakotta and other places in the Salem district, pl. IX: Avenue of the Banian Trees, Seringham, India, 1858. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902). Salted paper print, albumenized, from calotype negative; image: 24.6 x 37 cm (9 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 1994.18 title: Avenue of the Banian Trees, Seringham, India title in original language: series: Photographic views of Ryakotta and other places in the Salem district, pl. IX series in original language: creation date: 1858 creation date earliest: 1858 creation date latest: 1858 current location: creditline: The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: salted paper print, albumenized, from calotype negative department: Photography collection: PH - British 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902) - artist Captain Linnaeus Tripe British, 1822-1902 Born in Davenport, Linnaeus Tripe was an officer in the 12th Regiment Native Infantry at Bangalore who learned photography while on furlough in England between 1851-54. In 1855 he was appointed photographer to a British mission in Burma, where he produced more than 120 views subsequently published by the Madras Photographic Society in Bangalore (1857). For four years, beginning in 1856, he was government photographer to the Madras presidency. Six volumes with more than 100 images of various cities in Madras (now Tamil Nadu) were later published. Like other expeditionary photographers, Tripe documented the landscape, culture, and architecture he encountered. His particular views are valued not only for their factual content, but also for Tripe's soft, almost romantic interpretation of his subjects. Rising through the military ranks during his career, Tripe retired to England as an honorary major general in 1875. He continued to photograph for his own pleasure. T.W.F. * Madras Presidency - publisher --- measurements: Image: 24.6 x 37 cm (9 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "J* / 15 x x C9" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Travel Photography: Early Images of India opening date: 2002-03-02T00:00:00 Travel Photography: Early Images of India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 2-July 17, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.
CMA, March 2 - July 17, 2002,"Travel Photography: Images of India". No catalog. --- PROVENANCE (Harry Lunn, Ltd., New York, NY) date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: May 24, 1994 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A rare, beautiful example of Linnaeus Tripe concentrating simply on the landscape, this carefully composed image depicts a picturesque avenue of banyan trees, dense with foliage. Nearly 1,000 miles of road in the Salem District of India were lined by these trees, providing travelers with shade and shelter from the country's intense climate. The inherent characteristics of Tripe's paper negative—with its broad effects of light and shade and lack of crisp details—magnifies the impressionistic appearance of a scene filled with filtered sunlight. The abstract patterns of light and shadow lead the viewer's eyes down the centrally positioned road and through the compelling composition. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 359 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.18/1994.18_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.18/1994.18_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.18/1994.18_full.tif