Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012641Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai
Also known as: Permaul Pagoda, bimanum from corner of court
About the Artwork
Although the temple would have been crowded with worshippers, Tripe shows us empty spaces. His paper negatives and primitive lens required long exposures, even in the bright sunlight of India—too long to record an individual in motion. Tripe, photographing for the colonial government, may also have used his official status to have the temple cleared of visitors so he could obtain unobstructed views of the architecture.
Inscriptions
Imprinted in black type on white paper adhered to recto of mount: "8"; Embossed on recto of mount:"LT/Photographer to Government"
Provenance
Newberry Library Collection, Chicago, IL October 31, 1989: (Sotheby's, New York, NY) 2020: (Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, United Kingdom) September 14, 2020: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822–1902)
- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- albumen print from a waxed paper negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 34.2 x 26.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 34.2 x 26.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 2020.209
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