Tsagain Myo: Litters under a shed., August 29–30, 1855, Albumen silver print from waxed(?) paper negative, Image: 27 x 34.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.), Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Litters, or palanquins, were used to transport members of the royal family or important monks. Their size, shape, and manner of decoration varied according to the status of the occupant. Tripe’s photograph of these abandoned litters hints at the British fascination with the ritual and regalia of Burmese court protocol
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Tsagain Myo, Litters under, shed, August 29–30, 1855, Albumen silver print, waxed, paper negative, Image, 27 x 34.5 cm, 10 5/8 13 9/16, Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe, British, Devonport, Plymouth Dock, 1822–1902, Litters, palanquins, transport members, royal family, important monks, size, shape, manner, decoration varied according, status, occupant, Tripe, photograph, abandoned litters, hints, British fascination, ritual, regalia, Burmese court, protocol
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