Amerapoora: Another Part of the Balcony of Kyoung No. 86
Linnaeus Tripe
September 1–October 21, 1855
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 26.5 x 34.5 cm (10 7/16 x 13 9/16 in.) mount: 45.7 x 58.4 cm (18 x 23 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
New Century Fund
Accession Number
2010.113.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Linnaeus Tripe · 1822–1902
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...