Linnaeus Tripe
Pugahm Myo, Shwe-koo Pagoda or “Golden Cane”
1855
Physical Qualities
Salt print from a paper negative, Mount: 457 x 583 mm. (18 x 22 15/16 in.)
Image/Sheet: 252 x 345 mm. (9 15/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 14 from the series "Burma Views"
Credit Line
Roger M. Dalsheimer Photograph Acquisitions Endowment, and The Abell Foundation Photograph Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number
2013.227
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2013; Charles Isaacs Photographs; Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs
Inscribed: In image, at lower right, in black ink: "L. Tripe"; at lower center printed in black ink: "No. 14. Pugahm Myo. Shwe-koo Pagoda. / Or "Golden Cane." A good miniature specimen of the most decorated style of Pugahm Architecture. It contains some remarkable inscriptions, and dates from about A.D. 1550."
