Amerapoora: Corner of Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung

Linnaeus Tripe

September 1–October 21, 1855 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative · Photographs

Tripe took four photographs of this wooden monastery (kyoung) south of Amerapoora. He noted that the building "attracted much attention from the richness of its carving and the beauty of its situation," surrounded by lush foliage.

Artist

Linnaeus Tripe

Date

September 1–October 21, 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