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Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
Linnaeus Tripe1858
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Most mid-19th-century photographers shot architecture from just one or two key angles. Linnaeus Tripe pioneered a methodical method for documenting all of a monument’s main components, providing in-depth information about a site’s entire structure. This approach may have been informed by a knowledge of surveying and mapping techniques gained through military service.
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- Title: Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
- Creator: Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902)
- Date Created: 1858
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 30.6 x 37.1 cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Paper: 30.6 x 37.1 cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Mount: 45.5 x 57.3 cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Paul F. Walter [1935-2017], (Christie's, London, United Kingdom), Private Collection, United Kingdom, (Prahlad Bubbar Indian and Islamic Art, London, United Kingdom), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.212
- Medium: albumen print from a waxed paper negative
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in black type on white paper adhered to recto of mount: "15", Written in graphite on recto of mount: "G/A1", Embossed on recto of mount: "LT/Photographer to Government"
- Fun Fact: This photograph shows the relationship in space and scale between one of the towering gateways and the modestly sized original entrance to this Madurai temple complex.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2020.212
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