Pillars in the Recessed Portico in the Roya Gopuram with the Base of One of the Four Sculptured Monoliths, Madura

With the invention of photography, the eighteenth-century British passion for recording exotic lands and studies of the peoples in India was given new impetus. The earliest photography on the continent dates from 1840 in Calcutta, the political center of British India. The technology for photography arrived in India quickly became popular among the local rulers-many of whom employed photographers at their courts-as well as the British who had come to make their fortunes in the colony. For both populations, the new medium replaced painting as the method for recording the local landscape, architecture, people, and important events.

Linnaeus Tripe was a British photographer known for his pioneering work in the field of photography. He was born in Devonport, England on 14 April 1822. The son of a naval officer, Tripe spent much of his childhood moving around the world with his family. In 1838, Tripe joined the army of the East India Company as a clerk and was stationed in India for the next 24 years. During his time in India, he developed an interest in photography and began to experiment with the medium. In 1854 he was appointed the official photographer for a British mission to Burma (now Myanmar). Tripe's photographs of Burma are considered some of the earliest and finest examples of architectural and landscape photography. Using large-format cameras, he produced detailed, carefully composed images that captured the intricate details of the country's temples and pagodas. After returning to England in 1857, Tripe continued to work as a photographer but struggled to make a living from his art. He eventually gave up photography and worked as a civil servant until he retired in 1895. Tripe's photographs were largely forgotten until the 1980s, when they were rediscovered and recognised for their historical and artistic importance. Today his work is held in high esteem by collectors and museums around the world. Linnaeus Tripe died on 2 October 1902 in Devonport, England, at the age of 80.

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