No. 92. Amerapoora. Another part of the Balcony of Kyoung No. 86 [Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung].
Linnaeus Tripe
1855
![No. 92. Amerapoora. Another part of the Balcony of Kyoung No. 86 [Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung]. by Linnaeus Tripe](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.artheonmuseum.org%2Faic%2Fthumb%2Fno-92-amerapoora-another-part-of-the-balcony-of-aic-216583.webp&w=3840&q=75)
Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Views of Burma" (1856)
Dimensions
Image/paper: 26.3 × 34.9 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Mount: 45.6 × 58.3 cm (18 × 23 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
216583
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...