Captain Linnaeus Tripe

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Photographer of India and Burma, 1852–1860

This captivating exhibition of the pioneering 19th-century British photographer Captain Linnaeus Tripe features over 60 of his most striking views of Indian and Burmese landscape and architecture, taken between 1852-1860. Through these early photographs, Tripe explored the possibilities of this new medium, showcasing and documenting archaeological sites, monuments and landscapes, rarely seen in the West. Tripe creates an impression of the world around him, combining the keen eye of a surveyor with the sensibilities of an artist, while giving testimony to his emerging skills as photographer.

Organised by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum.

One of Louise Nicholson’s highlights of 2015

(1855), Captain Linnaeus Tripe.

Colossal Statue of the Guatama (1855), Captain Linnaeus Tripe. Victoria and Albert Museum, London

(August 20-24 or October 23, 1855), Linnaeus Tripe

Pugahm Myo: Carved Doorway in Courtyard of Shwe Zeegong Pagoda (August 20-24 or October 23, 1855), Linnaeus Tripe

(December 1857 - January 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

Royacottah: View from the Top of the Hill, Looking North-Northwest and by North (December 1857 – January 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

(January – February 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

Madura: The Great Pagoda Jewels (January – February 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

(January or April 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

Trichinopoly: Musjid of Nutter Owleah, from the Head of the Lane Leading to it (January or April 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

(December 1857 - January 1858), Linnaeus Tripe

Beekinpully: Permaul’s Swing at Mariammah Covil (December 1857 – January 1858), Linnaeus Tripe