The Jewels of the Pagoda, January 1858, Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative, Image: 26.4 x 36.9 cm (10 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.), Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Tripe was a career military officer in India and, in the late 1850s, Government Photographer to the Madras Presidency. In just five years he made nearly one thousand views of India and Burma. Between December 1857 and April 1858, Tripe made an ambitious and difficult tour of India's southern districts in order , to create a record for the government of the region's antiquities, scenes of historic importance, and natural phenomena
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Jewels, Pagoda, January 1858, Albumen silver print, waxed paper negative, Image, 26.4 x 36.9 cm, 10 3/8 14 1/2, Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe, British, Devonport, Plymouth Dock, 1822–1902, Tripe, career military officer, India, late 1850s, Government Photographer, Madras Presidency, five years, nearly, thousand views, Burma, December 1857, April, ambitious, difficult tour, southern districts, order, create, record, government, region, antiquities, scenes, historic importance, natural phenomena
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