Madura. The Great Pagoda, Interior view of part of Muroothappa Sarvacar Munduppum

Artist Captain Linnaeus Tripe (English, 1822 - 1902)

DateJanuary-February 1858

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 13/16 × 10 3/4 inches (35.13 × 27.31 cm)
Mount: 22 7/16 × 17 5/16 inches (56.95 × 43.97 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.259

SignedBlind stamp on mount recto, bottom center: "PHOTOGRAPHER TO GOVERNMENT"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount recto, upper right, in black pen: "5"; On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "24"

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DescriptionImage of open air structure with decorative stone columns lining a walkway.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.

Gallery Label

A member of the East India Company army from the age of 18, Captain Linnaeus Tripe began photographing in India in 1854. He systematically recorded historic sites, temples, and villages in a style at once direct and artistically refined. The beautiful visual texture of his prints stems from his use of negatives made of paper rather than the more transparent medium of glass.

Provenance

Purchased at Photographs, Christie's, London, October 20, 1993, lot 64 by Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd, Sussex, England, 1993;
Purchased from Robert Hershkowitz by Howard Stein (1926-2011) , New York, NY, 1994;
Given by Howard Stein to The Joy of Giving Foundation, New York, NY;
Purchased at The Joy of Giving's sale The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something, Phillips, New York, NY, October 3, 2017, lot 113 by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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