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South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur
Linnaeus Tripe1858
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Early box cameras had no shutter; the photographer just removed and replaced the lens cap, guessing at how long to leave it off. Linnaeus Tripe’s mastery of light and exposure here is incredible. The print allows us to read the decoration that is in shadow as well as that in full sunlight.
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- Title: South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur
- Creator: Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902)
- Date Created: 1858
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 27.7 x 34.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.); Image with black margin: 27.7 x 36.1 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 36.1 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Provenance: 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/2020.213
- Medium: albumenized salt print
- Fun Fact: This assembly hall is an important example of the Islamic influences brought by the Nayaks to South Indian architecture in the 1600s.
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: PH - British 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2020.213
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