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The image shows a scene with traditional bamboo and thatch-roofed structures among palm trees. The background is filled with tall palm trees. The color palette is monochrome with sepia tones. The ground has scattered leaves and tree shadows. The image conveys a tranquil and timeworn atmosphere.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Amerapoora: West Gate of the Residency Enclosure
Linnaeus Tripe
- Date
- September 1–October 21, 1855
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 25.4 × 33.5 cm (10 × 13 3/16 in.) mount: 45.5 × 58.3 cm (17 15/16 × 22 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2012.87.26
- Credit line
- Edward J. Lenkin Fund
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Burma Views
Subjects and terms
- architecture
- British
- salted paper print
- Houses
- Gate
- 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. 39. Amerapoora. West Gate of the Residency Enclosure. / This enclosure was formed by a bamboo wall about eighteen feet high, on the outer side of which was a continuous shed all round except at the East and west sides, in the centre of which were gateways. This shed was / a barrack for some 600 Burmese soldiers with their officers, forming the Guard of Honor to the mission.
Marks
artist’s blindstamp on mount, upper center: BY THEE I DRAW
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