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Ye-nan-gyoung: Tamarind Tree

August 14–16, 1855
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Tripe and his fellow officers were impressed not only by the "striking and fantastic" beauty of Ye-nan-gyoung but also by the pungent smell of the naturally occurring petroleum that permeated the air. (Ye-nan-gyoung means "fetid water rivulet" in Burmese.) By contrasting the giant silhouetted tamarind tree in the foreground with the distant hilltop pagoda, Tripe adroitly revealed both the natural and the manmade wonders of the site.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ye-nan-gyoung: Tamarind Tree
  • Artist: Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport)
  • Date: August 14–16, 1855
  • Dimensions: image overall: 26.3 × 34.7 cm (10 3/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
    mount overall: 45.6 × 58.3 cm (17 15/16 × 22 15/16 in.)
    mat overall: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Paula and Robert Hershkowitz
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs