Amerapoora: Palace of the White Elephant

September 1–October 21, 1855

Linnaeus Tripe

Artist, British, 1822 - 1902

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 26 x 34.3 cm (10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
    mount: 45.6 x 58.3 cm (17 15/16 x 22 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2010.113.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex); NGA purchase, 2010.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed in typeset on white paper adhered to mount, lower center beneath photograph in black ink: No. 73 Amerapoora. Palace of the White Elephant. / The white Elephant is the same Crawford saw in 1826; it is now fifty years old: it has its guards, four white and eight gold Umbrellas, Officers of state, Regalia, &c., &c.

Wikidata ID

Q64157480

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