Amerapoora: South Ditch of the City Wall, September 1-October 21, 1855

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Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 25.4 × 33.4 cm (10 × 13 1/8 in.)
mount: 45.7 × 58.3 cm (18 × 22 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Edward J. Lenkin Fund

Accession Number

2012.87.20

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. 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 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.