Amerapoora: Shwe-doung-dyk Pagoda, September 1–October 21, 1855, Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative, Image: 25.8 x 34.6 cm (10 3/16 x 13 5/8 in.), Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Tripe retouched most of his negatives made in Burma and India. Here he painted the banks of clouds on the negative and even added horizontal strokes in the foreground to suggest ripples on the water, possibly to compensate for numerous pinholes in the negative that caused a peppering of black dots scattered across the print
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Amerapoora, Shwe-doung-dyk Pagoda, September 1–October 21, 1855, Albumen silver print, waxed paper negative, Image, 25.8 x 34.6 cm, 10 3/16 13 5/8, Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe, British, Devonport, Plymouth Dock, 1822–1902, Tripe retouched, negatives, Burma, India, painted, banks, clouds, negative, even added, horizontal, strokes, foreground, suggest ripples, water, compensate, numerous pinholes, caused, peppering, black dots, scattered, across, print
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