No. 98. Mengoon (Mingun). Pagoda from South East.

Artist Captain Linnaeus Tripe (English, 1822 - 1902)

Date1855

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 5/16 × 13 11/16 inches (26.19 × 34.77 cm)
Mount: 18 x 22 15/16 inches (45.72 x 58.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2012.53.33

SignedSigned on image recto, lower right, in black pen “L. Tripe”

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom center, in black type:“No. 98 Mengoon Pagoda from S.E. / This corner shows the effects for the earthquake most completely. On reaching the top by it, the surface is seen rent into broad and deep fissures ― a glacier in brickwork.”

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: “30”

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DescriptionImage from a portfolio showing a partially constructed pagoda with cracks, splits, and a hand-made ladder leaning against the front.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

Linnaeus Tripe’s view of an Indian temple is at once direct and aesthetically refined. The beautiful textural “grain” of this print stems from his use of negatives made of paper rather than glass—the granularity comes from the fibrous structure of the paper itself. Tripe joined the East India Company army at the age of 18 and was stationed in India through the 1840s. He learned photography on his return to England in the early 1850s. He began photographing in India in December 1854, focusing on religious temples and other important structures.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 2012;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2012.

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