TRIPE LINNAEUS (1822 1902) Number 43 Amerapoora Corner of Mu

Sale 1996 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 6,440

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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

TRIPE, LINNAEUS (1822-1902)
"Number 43, Amerapoora, Corner of Mugabboodee-tee Kyoung." Salted paper print from a waxed calotype negative, 11x133/4 inches (28x34.8 cm.), with Tripe's signature on recto and his monogram and a letterpress caption affixed to mount recto. 1855-57

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With the conclusion of the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852 and the annexation of Pegu, the East India Company instructed Governor General Lord Dalhousie to persuade King Mindon Min to sign a treaty formally acknowledging the extension of British rule in Ava (Burma); Dalhousie was unsuccessful. In late 1854 Dalhousie dispatched a British delegation to negotiate a settlement. In addition to their diplomatic duties, part of the mission was to obtain accurate information about the land and people of a country little-known to Europeans. To this end Linnaeus Tripe was hired as photographer and Colesworthy Grant was sent as artist.