Amerapoora: West Gate of the Residency Enclosure.

Amerapoora: West Gate of the Residency Enclosure

Linnaeus Tripe

The enclosure was formed by a bamboo wall about eighten feet high, on the outer side of which was a continuous shed all round except at the East and West sides, in the centre of which were gateways. This shed was a barrack for some 600 Burmese soldiers with their officers, forming the guard of honor the the mission.

 

Object Details

Title : Amerapoora: West Gate of the Residency Enclosure

Artist : Linnaeus Tripe

Date : 1855

Dimensions : Image : 33 x 24.7 cm (13 x 9.15 in)

Mount : 45 x 48.5 cm (17.14 x 15.3 in)

Classification : Photograph

Location : Universities’ Central Library