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The image shows a view across an open area bordered by large trees. There are hills in the distance above scattered structures. The picture has a soft, grainy texture giving it a vintage appearance. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. Large shadowed trees frame the composition, with small huts and a tall wooden structure visible in the distance.
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The image shows a view across an open area bordered by large trees. There are hills in the distance above scattered structures. The picture has a soft, grainy texture giving it a vintage appearance. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. Large shadowed trees frame the composition, with small huts and a tall wooden structure visible in the distance.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Beekinpully: Permaul’s Swing at Mariammah Covil

Linnaeus Tripe

Date
December 1857-January 1858
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 26 × 35.6 cm (10 1/4 × 14 in.) mount: 45.72 × 57.15 cm (18 × 22 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.145.2
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • British
  • salted paper print
  • Architecture
  • India
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions, London, 1998); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1998; NGA purchase, 2018.

NGA object ID 151026. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.