Amerapoora: Doorway of Pyathat on East of Maha-too-lo-Bounghian Kyoung, September 1-October 21, 1855

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Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 34.8 × 27.1 cm (13 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
mount: 58.3 × 45.7 cm (22 15/16 × 18 in.)

Credit Line

Edward J. Lenkin Fund

Accession Number

2012.87.19

Artists / Makers

Linnaeus Tripe (artist) British, 1822 - 1902

Image Use

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Inscription

signed by artist, lower right in ink on print: L. Tripe; typeset in black ink on white paper label affixed to mount, lower center: 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 and Labels

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

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.

Associated Names

Kraus, Jr., Inc., Hans P.