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Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
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With its multiple gateways, rising to ever greater heights the farther they stand from the center, the Minakshi Sundareshvara temple was one of the monuments Tripe selected for his series documenting India’s architectural achievements in photographs. In 1858, the year this photograph was taken, India became a colony ruled by Britain, and the new colonial government supported Tripe’s project. He sold the images to the British public in pre-selected sets mounted in albums. Tripe was a military officer working to protect the interests of the British East India Company, which controlled sourcing, transportation, and sale of goods from India for profit.
| Artist / Maker | Captain Linnaeus Tripe |
|---|---|
| Date | 1858 |
| Culture / Origin | England, 19th century |
| Medium | albumen print from a waxed paper negative |
| Dimensions | Image: 30.6 x 37.1 cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Paper: 30.6 x 37.1 cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Mount: 45.5 x 57.3 cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.) |
| Department | Photography |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
Captain Linnaeus Tripe British, 1822-1902 Born in Davenport, Linnaeus Tripe was an officer in the 12th Regiment Native Infantry at Bangalore who learned photography while on furlough in England between 1851-54. In 1855 he was appointed photographer to a British mission in Burma, where he produced more than 120 views subsequently published by the Madras Photographic Society in Bangalore (1857). For four years, beginning in 1856, he was government photographer to the Madras presidency. Six volumes with more than 100… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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