id:			169378
accession number:	2011.23
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.23
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:28.198000

Amerapoora. Gautama's Shrine, 1855. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902). Albumen print from waxed paper negative; image: 34.2 x 25.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); mounted: 58.3 x 45.7 cm (22 15/16 x 18 in.); paper: 34.2 x 25.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert and Paula Hershkowitz in honor of Tom Hinson 2011.23

title:				Amerapoora. Gautama's Shrine
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creation date:			1855
creation date earliest:		1855
creation date latest:		1855
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creditline:			Gift of Robert and Paula Hershkowitz in honor of Tom Hinson
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from waxed paper negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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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.
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measurements: Image: 34.2 x 25.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Mounted: 58.3 x 45.7 cm (22 15/16 x 18 in.); Paper: 34.2 x 25.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed by artist in ink in lower right corner
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PROVENANCE

	Unkown owners; Sotheby's New York; Robert Hershkowitz, London; Cleveland Museum of Art
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