Tsagain Myo: Litters under a shed.

Linnaeus Tripe

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

Litters, or palanquins, were used to transport members of the royal family or important monks. Their size, shape, and manner of decoration varied according to the status of the occupant. Tripe’s photograph of these abandoned litters hints at the British fascination with the ritual and regalia of Burmese court protocol.

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