Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a dilapidated tazaung or idol house, with images of the Buddha in the centre. With temple pagodas in the background.
No. 46. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. Colossal Statue of Gautama close to the N. end of the bridge. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the massive seated Buddha image in the Taung-min-gyi Pagoda, on the western shore of the Thaungthaman Lake at Amarapura, surrounded by small pagodas. With letterpress note: 'Its heigh...