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No. 96. Mengoon [Mingun]. Ruined Griffins.
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Photograph by Linnaeus Tripe, from a portfolio of
120 prints, with a rear view of the massive headless chinthes
(temple guardian lions) in front of the Mingun Pagoda, at Burma
(Myanmar) with the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) river beyond. In 1855 a
British mission was sent to King Mindon Min of Burma to negotiate a
settlement regarding Pegu, annexed by the British following the
Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852. Linnaeus Tripe was the official
photographer on this mission, his pioneering architectural and
topographical views of the country are an important photographic
record. Tripe wrote of this photograph, 'In front of the Pagoda.
These were 95 feet high; but, like the latter, were shattered by
the earthquake of 1839. The heads and necks lie scattered about
their pedestals in masses'. Mingun is located 11 kms upriver from
Mandalay, on the opposite bank. In 1790 King Bodawpaya (ruled
1782-1819) began the construction of a stupa at Mingun, intended to
be the highest Buddhist monument in the world and to reach a height
of 150 m. Only its base had been completed when the project was
abandoned at the King's death in 1819. This terrace is considered
the biggest pile of bricks in the world. The imposing structure
with its chinthes guarding it to the east was much damaged in an
earthquake in 1838.
Title: No. 96. Mengoon [Mingun]. Ruined Griffins.
Description:
Photograph by Linnaeus Tripe, from a portfolio of
120 prints, with a rear view of the massive headless chinthes
(temple guardian lions) in front of the Mingun Pagoda, at Burma
(Myanmar) with the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) river beyond.
In 1855 a
British mission was sent to King Mindon Min of Burma to negotiate a
settlement regarding Pegu, annexed by the British following the
Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852.
Linnaeus Tripe was the official
photographer on this mission, his pioneering architectural and
topographical views of the country are an important photographic
record.
Tripe wrote of this photograph, 'In front of the Pagoda.
These were 95 feet high; but, like the latter, were shattered by
the earthquake of 1839.
The heads and necks lie scattered about
their pedestals in masses'.
Mingun is located 11 kms upriver from
Mandalay, on the opposite bank.
In 1790 King Bodawpaya (ruled
1782-1819) began the construction of a stupa at Mingun, intended to
be the highest Buddhist monument in the world and to reach a height
of 150 m.
Only its base had been completed when the project was
abandoned at the King's death in 1819.
This terrace is considered
the biggest pile of bricks in the world.
The imposing structure
with its chinthes guarding it to the east was much damaged in an
earthquake in 1838.
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