Tsagain Myo: A Roadway

Linnaeus Tripe

August 29–30, 1855 · Albumen silver print from waxed(?) paper negative · Photographs

This view of rustic dwellings nestled among towering trees along a dusty road departs from Tripe’s more strictly topographical compositions, illustrating his statement, "The Picturesque may be allowed perhaps, supplementally," in photographs.

Artist

Linnaeus Tripe

Date

August 29–30, 1855

Medium

Albumen silver print from waxed(?) paper negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Purchase, The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors, and Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2012