5. Linnaeus Tripe (1822-1902) rangoon, view of the cantonment, burma, no.105,1855 Salt paper prints from waxed paper negatives, three-part panorama flush mounted on original card, printed title on label below image 'From the upper platform of the great pagoda, looking s. and s.e. Pussendown Creek is in the left distance: The new barracks of H. M. 84th Regiment in the centre, the signal Pagoda a little beyond it; the road from the Pagoda to the town on the right, part of the roof of the s. stairs of the Pagoda being in continuation'. Window mounted, 23x68cm (9x27in.).
est. £4000 – £6000
Captain Linnaeus Tripe, an army officer employed by the East India Company, served in the Indian army from 1839-1873. In the 1850s, when he became photographer to the British Colonial Government in India, his first assignment was as official photographer to the diplomatic mission to the Burmese capital, Amerapoora. This view was taken during the mission.
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