Bridge near Collector’s House, Shungavellor, India
Linnaeus Tripe
December 1857—January 1858
Medium
waxed-paper negative
Dimensions
image/sheet: 26.3 × 40 cm (10 3/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Betsy Karel
Accession Number
2016.62.1
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...