Rangoon: North Entrance to the Shwe Dagon Pagoda

November 1855

Linnaeus Tripe

Artist, British, 1822 - 1902

Linnaeus Tripe

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Stephen G. Stein Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.9 × 35 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
    mount: 45.7 × 58.3 cm (18 × 22 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.87.1


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 left on print in black ink: L Tripe; printed in typeset on white paper adhered to mount, lower center beneath photograph in black ink: No. 109. Rangoon. North Entrance to the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. / This was stockaded when the Pagoda was held by us against the Burmese.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q64157485


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