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

1858
(British, 1822–1902)
England, 19th century
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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2020.208
Catalogue raisonné: Dewan: CR6-135
Location: not on view
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An important pilgrimage site for centuries, this temple continues to draw tens of thousands of worshippers per day.

Description

The tall gateways of this Hindu temple, characteristic of South Indian temple architecture, challenged the camera technology of 1858. Linnaeus Tripe, however, had a new type of device, a wooden box camera with a “rising front,” or bellows. This innovation allowed him to get relatively close to tall structures and capture them without radical vertical distortion.
Western Gateway (Gopuram) of the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

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

1858

Captain Linnaeus Tripe

(British, 1822–1902)
England, 19th century

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