Amerapoora: Maha-oung-meeay-liy-mhan Kyoung
September 1–October 21, 1855
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 26.1 × 34 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.) mount: 45.6 × 58.1 cm (17 15/16 × 22 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Diana and Mallory Walker Fund
Accession Number
2012.87.11
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...