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The image shows a still waterway stretching into the distance. The horizon is high, with flat land, distant hills, and a cloudy sky. Faint outlines of architectural structures with pointed roofs lie on the horizon. The image has a slightly grainy texture and sepia tones. The water reflects the sky, and a sloped embankment leads to a fenced area with a thatched roof structure and palm trees.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Amerapoora: South Ditch of the City Wall
Linnaeus Tripe
- Date
- September 1–October 21, 1855
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 25.4 × 33.4 cm (10 × 13 1/8 in.) mount: 45.7 × 58.3 cm (18 × 22 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2012.87.20
- Credit line
- Edward J. Lenkin Fund
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Burma Views
Subjects and terms
- British
- salted paper print
- Water
- City wall
- landscape
- 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. 59. Amerapoora. S. Ditch of the City Wall. / The ditch continues for the East, South, and part of the West and North sides. On the latter sides men were at work completing the circuit.
Marks
artist’s blindstamp on mount, upper center: BY THEE I DRAW
NGA object ID 159340. 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.