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This is a photograph of an architectural structure. The image shows a close-up view of a building with intricately carved details, likely made of wood, featuring ornate decorations typical of traditional Southeast Asian architecture. The carvings include mythological and floral motifs, and the structure is adorned with multiple tiers of gabled roofs and spires that rise above the main entrance. The craftsmanship exhibits elaborate artistic skills in the relief work around the doorways and columns, which are prominently displayed in the foreground of the photograph.
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This is a photograph of an architectural structure. The image shows a close-up view of a building with intricately carved details, likely made of wood, featuring ornate decorations typical of traditional Southeast Asian architecture. The carvings include mythological and floral motifs, and the structure is adorned with multiple tiers of gabled roofs and spires that rise above the main entrance. The craftsmanship exhibits elaborate artistic skills in the relief work around the doorways and columns, which are prominently displayed in the foreground of the photograph.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Amerapoora: Doorway of Pyathat on East of Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung

Linnaeus Tripe

Date
September 1–October 21, 1855
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 34.8 × 27.1 cm (13 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.) mount: 58.3 × 45.7 cm (22 15/16 × 18 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2012.87.19
Credit line
Edward J. Lenkin Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Burma Views

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • British
  • salted paper print
  • Facade
  • Religion
  • Monastery
  • Doorway
  • Burma
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.

Inscription

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. 88. Amerapoora. Doorway of Pyathat No. 87. [87 is handwritten] / This doorway is the communication between the Kyoung, and the three Pyathats on the E. of it. In the Pyathats the Bishop takes his exercise; and the images and other sacred articles are cleansed.

Marks

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

NGA object ID 159336. 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.