Tsagain Myo: View near the Irrawadi River

August 29–30, 1855

Linnaeus Tripe

Artist, British, 1822 - 1902

Linnaeus Tripe

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Stephen G. Stein Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 26.2 × 34.2 cm (10 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
    mount: 45.7 × 58.5 cm (18 × 23 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.87.7

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. 34. Tsagain Myo. View near the River. / The Irrawadi at the time of the freshes, inundates the country for some distance from its banks; the necessity therefore of building on piles, as above seen is very evident.

Wikidata ID

Q64157508

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