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Linnaeus Tripe

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113

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WikidataQ6554574 ULAN500022352

MoMA

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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/8655
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Linnaeus Tripe was a British photographer who specialized in large-format architectural and landscape documentation across India and Burma during the mid-nineteenth century. Working with wet collodion, he produced rigorously composed views of temples, fortifications, and urban topography that merged documentary precision with formal sophistication. His extended photographic surveys from colonial South Asia established him as a significant figure in early architectural photography, combining cartographic ambition with compositional restraint.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (97)

Elliot Marbles

1859 · albumen print

image/sheet: 16.6 × 23.2 cm (6 9/16 × 9 1/8 in.) mount: 33.1 × 45.1 cm (13 1/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Amerapoora: Ooh-nein Gate of the City

1858 · albumen print

image/sheet: 26.5 × 34.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.) mount: 45.5 × 58.1 cm (17 15/16 × 22 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Beekinpully: Permaul’s Swing at Mariammah Covil

1858 · albumen print

image: 26 × 35.6 cm (10 1/4 × 14 in.) mount: 45.72 × 57.15 cm (18 × 22 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Madura: The Vygay River, with Causeway, across to Madura

1858 · albumen print

image/sheet: 23.1 × 35.4 cm (9 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.) mount: 45.72 × 57.15 cm (18 × 22 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tanjore: Great Pagoda, Entrance Looking Outwards

1858 · albumen print

sheet (trimmed to image): 27.2 x 34.7 cm (10 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.) support: 45.6 x 57.5 cm (17 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Western Gateway (Gopuram) of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

1858 · albumenized salt print

Image: 38 x 30.2 cm (14 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Image with black margin: 39.5 x 31.2 cm (15 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Paper: 39.5 x 31.2 cm (15 9/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai

1858 · albumen print from a waxed paper negative

Image: 34.2 x 26.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 34.2 x 26.8 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

1858 · albumen print from a waxed paper negative

Image: 30.6 x 37.1 cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Paper: 30.6 x 37.1 cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Mount: 45.5 x 57.3 cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur

1858 · albumenized salt print

Image: 27.7 x 34.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.); Image with black margin: 27.7 x 36.1 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 36.1 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

West and South Sides of the Vimana Walls, Great Temple (Brihadeshvara) at Tanjore (Thanjavur)

1858 · albumenized salt print from a waxed paper negative

Image: 27.4 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.4 x 36 cm (10 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Mounted: 45.3 x 57.3 cm (17 13/16 x 22 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

1858 · albumen print

Image: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.7 x 27.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Mounted: 57.4 x 45.4 cm (22 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Arcade in Quadrangle

1858 · Salted paper print or diluted albumen print from calotype negative, plate III from Photographic Views in Madura, part IV

Image: 31.7 × 29.5 cm (12 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.); Paper: 33.5 × 30.5 cm (13 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Inner Facade of the Gateway of the East Gopuram

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 29.2 x 34 cm (11 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Side Colonnade in the Muroothappa Sarvacar Mundapam

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 36.5 x 29.1 cm (14 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Muduramiar Mundapam

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 34.7 x 28.3 cm (13 11/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Entrance to the Thousand Pillared Mundapam in the Great Pagoda

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 33 x 30.7 cm (13 x 12 1/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Viravasuntarayan Munapam

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 29.5 x 37 cm (11 5/8 x 14 9/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Teppa-kulam

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 26 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Entrance to the Temple of Minakshi in the Great Pagoda

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 30.5 x 37 cm (12 x 14 9/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Tamukkam or Tamkam

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxedpaper negative

Image: 26 x 37.2 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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View of the Sacred Tank in the Great Pagoda

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 29.1 x 37.5 cm (11 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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South East Angle of the Tirambur Pagoda

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 26.3 x 36.4 cm (10 3/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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View of the Sacred Tank in the Great Pagoda

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 25.8 x 35.1 cm (10 3/16 x 13 13/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Elephant Rock

1858 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Image: 23.7 x 35.5 cm (9 5/16 x 14 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

97 published of 100 catalogued · 55 with image

The Met
42 published
Nga
41 published41 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued3 img

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7 entries · 1 sources

Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Great Pagoda, Great Bull, Front View, Tanjore, India (Rajarajeshvara Temple), plate 12 from Photographic Views of Tanjore and Trivady (Madras: Madras Presidency)
1857 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Western Gateway (Gopuram) of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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West and South Sides of the Vimana Walls, Great Temple (Brihadeshvara) at Tanjore (Thanjavur)
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai
1858 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Avenue of the Banian Trees, Seringham, India (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Western Gateway (Gopuram) of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

West and South Sides of the Vimana Walls, Great Temple (Brihadeshvara) at Tanjore (Thanjavur) (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pudhu Mandapa of Tirumal Nayak (r. 1623–59), Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Perumal Temple Vimana from Corner of Court, Madurai (1858)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Great Pagoda, Great Bull, Front View, Tanjore, India (Rajarajeshvara Temple), plate 12 from Photographic Views of Tanjore and Trivady (Madras: Madras Presidency) (1857)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

New York · 1981

Group Exhibition Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

New York · 1979