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Photographic views of Ryakotta and other places, in the Salem District. By Captain...
Catalogue reference: Photo 951
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- Photo 951
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Title (The name of the record)
- Photographic views of Ryakotta and other places, in the Salem District. By Captain L. Tripe, Government Photographer, Madras Presidency. With descriptive notes, by J. A. C. Boswell, Esq. M. C. S. 1858. Photographer(s): Tripe, Linnaeus.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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Imprint: [Madras, 1860.]. Large folio volume measuring 457 x 570 mm in modern brown buckram binding, with letterpress titlepage and contents page, and nine prints laid down onto pages impressed with Tripe's drystamp (initial 'T.L.' within strap reading 'Government Photographer', surmounted by sun with human face). Each print has a small letterpress number label pasted next to the the top right corner. The list of views provides a few paragraphs of description of each photograph. The volume is one of a series of publications issued between 1859-60 from Tripe's work as Government Photographer to the Madras Presidency (the complete series comprises Photo 950-958).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Linnaeus Tripe, Royacottah, Gate of the Hill Fort, 1858. Exhibited: Captain Linneaus Tripe of India and Burma, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 18 February 2015 - 25 May 2015
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Not applicable
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- 10 items
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Unrestricted. Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b86f4a5d-bfe6-4c6d-b5fe-39dd5d076585/
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Photographic views of Ryakotta and other places, in the Salem District. By Captain L. Tripe, Government Photographer, Madras Presidency. With descriptive notes, by J. A. C. Boswell, Esq. M. C. S. 1858. Photographer(s): Tripe, Linnaeus.