South Façade of the Quadrangle of the Nayak Darbar Hall, Thanjavur
- Medium
- albumenized salt print
- Dimensions
- Image: 27.7 x 34.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.); Image with black margin: 27.7 x 36.1 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 36.1 cm (10 7/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- Photographs
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
England, 19th century
About
Early box cameras had no shutter; the photographer just removed and replaced the lens cap, guessing at how long to leave it off. Linnaeus Tripe’s mastery of light and exposure here is incredible. The print allows us to read the decoration that is in shadow as well as that in full sunlight.
![[Madura. [Trimul Naik's] Palace, Vista in an Arcade of the Quadrangle.](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/08ad9000-fc1a-4536-a35e-c6e930056829/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Madura. [Trimul Naik's] Palace, South East Turret from the Roof with Part of Domed Roof.](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7c3179b1-6d31-4e12-9178-d830ad302953/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Madura. [Trimul Naik's] Palace, View of North East Corner from One Side Sub Court Shewing the Exterior of One of the Halls of the Quadrangle.](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/0164ecc2-bb5b-42ee-b4cc-490e7c3fbd1d/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
