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Collections

Linnaeus Tripe
The Elliot Marbles, Central Museum, Madras1858

Not on view
Sepia-toned documentation photograph of four South Asian stone sculptures arranged on a shelf, including a stele, two crowned figures, and a bird fragment, with a checkered scale ruler

Linnaeus Tripe, The Elliot Marbles, Central Museum, Madras, 1858, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Linnaeus Tripe
England, 1822-1902
Title
The Elliot Marbles, Central Museum, Madras
Place Made
India
Date Made
1858
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (26.4 × 33.3 cm) Primary support: 10 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (26.4 × 33.3 cm) Secondary support: 13 1/16 × 17 3/4 in. (33.1 × 45.1 cm) Mat: 20 × 22 in. (50.8 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2263
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.