Amerapoora: Toung-lay-lou-tiy Kyoung
September 1–October 21, 1855
Artist, British, 1822 - 1902

Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 26.6 × 33.5 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/16 in.)
mount: 45.6 × 58.4 cm (17 15/16 × 23 in.) -
Accession
2012.87.3
Artwork history & notes
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
Inscriptions
signed by artist, lower right on print in black ink: L. Tripe; printed in typeset on white paper adhered to mount, lower center beneath photograph in black ink: No. 55. Amerapoora. Toung-lay-lou-tiy Kyoung. / Monastaries are usually built of wood, this is of brick, its style too is uncommon in many of its details.
Markings
artist’s blindstamp on mount, upper center: BY THEE I DRAW
Wikidata ID
Q64157493