Amerapoora: Pyathat of Kyoung No. 93, September 1-October 21, 1855

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portfolio Title

plate 94, _Burma Views_ (1857)

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 32.5 × 26.6 cm (12 13/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
mount: 58 × 45.6 cm (22 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Stephen G. Stein Fund

Accession Number

2012.87.2

Artists / Makers

Linnaeus Tripe (artist) British, 1822 - 1902

Image Use

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Inscription

signed by artist, lower right in ink on print: L. Tripe; typeset in black ink on white paper label affixed to mount, bottom center: No. 94. Amerapoora. Pyathat of Kyoung No. 93. [93 is handwritten] / This is a fine specimen of this kind of building, it is of wood, carved and gilt.

Marks and Labels

artist’s blindstamp on mount, upper center: BY THEE I DRAW

Provenance

Linnaeus Tripe [1822-1902]; presented to James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie [1812-1860], Governor-General of India [1848-1856], February 1857; by descent to the Broun-Ramsay family; (sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 May 2012, part of lot 211); NGA purchase (through Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc., New York), 2012.

Associated Names

Kraus, Jr., Inc., Hans P.