Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved stonework at the entrance to the monastery. With letterpress note: 'Monasteries are usually built of wood, this is of brick, its style too is uncommon in many of its details'.
No. 1. Prome. General View. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking over the town, with the Shwesandaw Pagoda on the right and the Irrawaddy in the background. The right-hand section of this view corresponds fairly precisely to Colesworthy Grant's watercolour (WD 540, p...
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of side of monastery building, showing the intricate carved wooden decoration of the tiered roof and balustrade of the monastery. The monastery building can be seen in print 7: Tripe's viewpoint for the present photograph is from the slope on which th...
No. 32. Tsagain Myo [Sagaing]. Doorway of a small Pagoda. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close, head-on view of the entrance to a small brick and stucco temple, with richly-carved surrounds. With letterpress note: 'A very fair specimen of a style of architectural decoration in Burmah'.
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Mahabodhi Pagoda at Pagan. With letterpress note: 'A peculiar specimen of Pugahm architecture rather Hindoo-like in style. The spire and walls outside are crowded with figures of Gautama in niches. In the enclosure in front are some fifty anc...
No. 34. Tsagain Myo [Sagaing]. View near the River. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View on the bank of the Irrawaddy, looking towards a house, set among trees and raised on piles over the water. With letterpress note: 'The Irrawadi at the time of the freshes, inundates the country ...
No. 42. Amerapoora [Amarapura]. Mygabhoodee-tee Kyoung from E. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
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Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the small wooden monastery buildings. With letterpress note: 'This small monastery, near the Residency, attracted much attention from the richness of its carving and the beauty of its...
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom left of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards arched brick and stucco gateway and surrounding wall enclosing the temple complex beyond. With letterpress note: 'The latter [viz. the statue of Buddha seen in print 46] is in a s...
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Kaunghmudaw Pagoda, a dome-shaped stupa partially obscured by a tree in the foreground. This stupa is located a few miles north of Sagain rather than in Amarapura. With letterpres...