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Lot Essay
Tripe's work is apparently limited to a period spanning no more than 10 years at most, and despite the difficulties imposed by the southern Indian climate, he experimented with various printing techniques and produced large-format negatives and prints of exceptional quality.
Tripe served with the East India Company Army from 1839 before rising to the rank of Captain in 1856. His first major photographic work was undertaken while in Burma in 1855, where, as a photographer to the British Mission at the court of Ava, he photographed 120 buildings, temples and views in just over a month. The following year, he was appointed official Government Photographer for the Madras Presidency, a post he held for four years. During this time, he produced a series of publications on architecture and places of interest in the major urban areas of the Presidency.
Tripe served with the East India Company Army from 1839 before rising to the rank of Captain in 1856. His first major photographic work was undertaken while in Burma in 1855, where, as a photographer to the British Mission at the court of Ava, he photographed 120 buildings, temples and views in just over a month. The following year, he was appointed official Government Photographer for the Madras Presidency, a post he held for four years. During this time, he produced a series of publications on architecture and places of interest in the major urban areas of the Presidency.