Elliot Marbles

1859

Linnaeus Tripe

Associated Names
Linnaeus Tripe

Artist, British, 1822 - 1902

The image shows an inscribed stone slab with lines of text in an ancient script. The stone is light in color, possibly sandstone, with multiple rows of neatly arranged text covering its surface. The script is detailed and rounded, typical of historical scripts. A measuring scale is above the stone for reference. The stone's surface is slightly rough with some irregularities, indicating age and good preservation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Ph.D

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 16.6 × 23.2 cm (6 9/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
    mount: 33.1 × 45.1 cm (13 1/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.23.1

  • Series Title

    Photographs of the Elliot Marbles; and other subjects; in the Central Museum Madras

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lowinsky Gallery, New York); Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection, New York, 2013; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1858

  • Tripe, Linnaeus. Photographs of the Elliot Marbles; and Other Subjects; in the Central Museum Madras. Bangalore, India, 1858-59: 49.

Inscriptions

by artist, top right in black ink: 49; bottom center in black ink: 151; embossed bottom center: PHOTOGRAPHER TO GOVERNMENT; on verso, center stamped in purple ink: COUNTY BOROUGH / ATKIMSON / PHOTO LIBRARY / REFER[illegible] OF DEPT. / OF SOUTHPORT; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 8; bottom left in graphite: $.6500.00 S/C

Wikidata ID

Q64157478

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