Rangoon: View near the Lake
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Shwe Dagon Pagoda, seen in the distance at left, was the preeminent sacred site for Burmese Buddhists. For the British, however, it was a place of key battles in wars against the Burmese in 1824–26 and 1852. Occupied by the British in 1824, the pagoda was subsequently retaken by the Burmese. In spring 1852 Tripe’s own regiment joined other British troops in fierce fighting over Shwe Dagon until they captured the site in a surprise attack from the east—the vantage from which Tripe took this picture.
Artwork Details
- Title: Rangoon: View near the Lake
- Artist: Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport)
- Date: November 1855
- Dimensions: image: 24.7 × 32.9 cm (9 3/4 × 12 15/16 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Diana and Mallory Walker Fund
- Curatorial Department: Photographs