Rangoon: Patent Slip

November 1855

Linnaeus Tripe

Associated Names
Linnaeus Tripe

Artist, British, 1822 - 1902

The image shows a riverside with a low horizon. There is a calm stretch of water extending towards the left. A wooden rowboat is on a muddy shore with planks and logs. The boat is slightly elevated on a ramp or support. Nearby, there are rustic wooden huts on stilts with thatched roofs along the river's edge. In the background, the river curves alongside land with distant trees. The image is in sepia tones, giving it an antique feel. The scene is tranquil with wood and straw textures against the smooth river.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Diana and Mallory Walker Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.2 × 34.7 cm (9 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
    mount: 45.7 × 58 cm (18 × 22 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.87.8

  • Series Title

    Burma Views

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. 100. Rangoon. Patent Slip. / In the government dockyard.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q64157482

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