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Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

1858

Captain Linnaeus Tripe

(British, 1822–1902)
Culture
England, 19th century
Medium
albumen print from a waxed paper negative
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2020.212
Catalogue raisonné
Dewan: CR6-138
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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This photograph shows the relationship in space and scale between one of the towering gateways and the modestly sized original entrance to this Madurai temple complex.

Description

With its multiple gateways, rising to ever greater heights the farther they stand from the center, the Minakshi Sundareshvara temple was one of the monuments Tripe selected for his series documenting India’s architectural achievements in photographs. In 1858, the year this photograph was taken, India became a colony ruled by Britain, and the new colonial government supported Tripe’s project. He sold the images to the British public in pre-selected sets mounted in albums. Tripe was a military officer working to protect the interests of the British East India Company, which controlled sourcing, transportation, and sale of goods from India for profit.
Black-and-white square photograph, upper corners rounded, of the entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple from a side angle. A relatively unornamented square base of the gateway, level with the wall, extends into three towers with squared corners and figures. The center is tallest and widest, an arch in the lower half under which stand a row of eight figures, facing out. A larger, more ornate tower extends out of the photograph in the back right.

Entrance to the Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai

1858

Captain Linnaeus Tripe

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

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