Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai, 1858. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902). Albumen print from a waxed paper negative; image: x cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); paper: x cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); mount: x cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.). Most mid-19th-century photographers shot architecture from just one or two key angles. Linnaeus Tripe pioneered a methodical method for documenting all of a monument’s main components, providing in-depth information about a site’s entire structure. This approach may have been informed by a knowledge of surve
Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai, 1858. Captain Linnaeus Tripe (British, 1822-1902). Albumen print from a waxed paper negative; image: x cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); paper: x cm (12 1/16 x 14 5/8 in.); mount: x cm (17 15/16 x 22 9/16 in.). Most mid-19th-century photographers shot architecture from just one or two key angles. Linnaeus Tripe pioneered a methodical method for documenting all of a monument’s main components, providing in-depth information about a site’s entire structure. This approach may have been informed by a knowledge of surveying and mapping techniques gained through military service.
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