Linnaeus Tripe collection highlights

All the photographs on this page are Albumen prints from waxed paper (calotype) negatives and are kept in albums held in the Asian department collections. Another set of the same albums is available to see in the National Art Library at the V&A, under pressmark 104.N, in library hours without appointment.

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Linnaeus Tripe, 'Entrance to the thousanded pillared Mundapam in the great Pagoda'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Entrance to the thousanded pillared Mundapam in the great Pagoda'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part III'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.40:4-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Front of the Mundapam at Secundermalie'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Front of the Mundapam at Secundermalie'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part IV'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.41:14-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, Cover of the photograph album by

Linnaeus Tripe, Cover of the photograph album by , 'Photographic Views of Ryakotta and other places in the Salem District', 1858. Museum no. IS.46:1-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Great Pagoda from the Fort Glacis'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Great Pagoda from the Fort Glacis'
From the album 'Photographic Views in Tanjore and Trivady'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.42:9-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Western Gopuram'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Western Gopuram'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part III'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.40:10-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Elephant Rock'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Elephant Rock'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part I'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.38:2-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Teppa-kulam'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Teppa-kulam'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part I'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.38:5-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Pagoda Jewels'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Pagoda Jewels'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part III'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.40:12-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Sculpted figure on the entrance tower of the Great Pagoda'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Sculpted figure on the entrance tower of the Great Pagoda'
From the album 'Photographic Views in Tanjore and Trivady'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.42:10-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Great Bull from the Gateway'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Great Bull from the Gateway'
From the album 'Photographic Views in Tanjore and Trivady'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.42:11-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Views of the Sacred Tank in the great Pagoda'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Views of the Sacred Tank in the great Pagoda'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part III'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.40:14-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Raya Gopuram from E.'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Raya Gopuram from E.',
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part I'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.38:9-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Aisle on the South Side of the Puthu Mundapum

Linnaeus Tripe
'Aisle on the South Side of the Puthu Mundapum, from the Western Portico'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part II'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.39:3-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Arcade in Quadrangle'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Arcade in Quadrangle'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part IV'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.41:4-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'H. E. The Tondiman Rajah in Durbar'

Linnaeus Tripe
'H. E. The Tondiman Rajah in Durbar'
From the album 'Photographic Views of Poodoocottah'
South India
1858
Museum no.IS.44:2-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'The Hill Fort at Trimium'

Linnaeus Tripe
'The Hill Fort at Trimium'
From the album 'Photographic Views of Poodoocottah'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.44:7-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Domes and the Turret in front of the Palace'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Domes and the Turret in front of the Palace', Palace of Tirumalnaik
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part IV'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.41:9-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, View of the Nave from the Simhasanum from the Westend

Linnaeus Tripe
'View of the Nave from the Simhasanum from the Westend'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part II'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.39:4-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'West front of the Puthu Mundapum'

Linnaeus Tripe
'West front of the Puthu Mundapum'
From the album 'Photographs of Madura: Part II'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.39:6-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'View of the country looking N. N. W. from the top of the Ryacotta Hill'

Linnaeus Tripe
'View of the country looking N. N. W. from the top of the Ryacotta Hill'
From the album 'Photographic Views of Ryacotta'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.46:6-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'Virabadra Drug as seen from near the site of the last view'

Linnaeus Tripe
'Virabadra Drug as seen from near the site of the last view'
From the album 'Photographic Views of Ryacotta'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.46:8-1889

Linnaeus Tripe, 'A small four pillared Mundapum inside the Second Gopuram'

Linnaeus Tripe
'A small four pillared Mundapum inside the Second Gopuram'
From the album 'Photographic Views of Seringham'
South India
1858
Museum no. IS.45:4-1889