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Tsagain Myo: Ruined Tazoung

August 29–30, 1855
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
Tripe’s photograph of this small, ruined wooden shrine suggests his curiosity at the Burmese Buddhists’ apparent lack of concern for the repair of certain religious structures. This neglect reflects the belief that one gains greater spiritual merit by establishing a new shrine or monastery than by repairing an existing one.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tsagain Myo: Ruined Tazoung
  • Artist: Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport)
  • Date: August 29–30, 1855
  • Dimensions: image: 27 × 34.2 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
    mount: 45.7 × 58.2 cm (18 × 22 15/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Stephen G. Stein Fund
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs