Captain Linnaeus Tripe - The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation New York Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    The first:
    County Borough of Southport Public Library, England
    Lowinsky Gallery, New York
    Sotheby's, New York, 17 April 1991, lot 59A
    Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, 1993

    The second:
    Collection of Paul F. Walter, New York
    Christie's, London, 5 June 1996, lot 243

  • Literature

    Dewan, The Photographs of Linnaeus Tripe: A Catalogue Raisonné, pp. 434, 673, CR6-134, CR8-117
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century, Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection, p. 303

112

Sculpture Study, Central Museum, Madras and The Pagoda Jewels, Madura

1858-1859
Two albumen prints.
Each approximately 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (21.6 x 29.2 cm)
The first with 'Photographer to government' credit blindstamp and plate numbers '28', '7' in an unidentified hand in ink on the mount; 'County Borough of Southport Library' stamp on the reverse of the mount. The second with 'Photographer to government' credit blindstamp on the mount; printed number '11' on trimmed paper affixed to the mount.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $23,750

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

New York 3 October 2017