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The image shows a multi-tiered pagoda with pointed ornaments on each roof level. Near the pagoda, several large cannon-like objects are scattered on the ground. In the background, there are other buildings and a cloudy sky. The color palette is sepia, and the brushstrokes create a grainy texture, reminiscent of an old photograph.
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The image shows a multi-tiered pagoda with pointed ornaments on each roof level. Near the pagoda, several large cannon-like objects are scattered on the ground. In the background, there are other buildings and a cloudy sky. The color palette is sepia, and the brushstrokes create a grainy texture, reminiscent of an old photograph.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Amerapoora: Palace of the White Elephant

Linnaeus Tripe

Date
September 1–October 21, 1855
Medium
albumen silver print
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.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2010.113.1
Credit line
New Century Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Burma Views

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • salted paper print
  • Palace
  • Elephant
  • exterior
  • architecture
  • Burma
Provenance

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

Inscription

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.

NGA object ID 152353. 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.