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Collection Area Visual Arts Language English Place Kathmandu, Nepal

1. Photo 1362

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1362
Title:
Photographs of Nepal. Photographer: Theon Wilkinson
Scope & Content:
Collection of 70 loose black-and-white gelatin silver prints, taken by Theon Wilkinson while accompanying the blind New Zealand general, Sir Clutha Mackenzie on a tour of Nepal in 1947. Subjects include temple architecture in Kathmandu, street scenes, landscapes and portraits. The majority of the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
70 items

2. Photo 1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1384
Title:
The British Residency, Kathmandu. Photographer: Dirgha Man Chitrakar
Scope & Content:
Modern digital print made from the original glass negative, looking across the garden towards the façade of the British Residency at Kathmandu. The photograph is taken from a similar viewpoint to Henry Oldfield's watercolour of March 1850 (British Library shelfmark: WD3275).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1424/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(19)
Title:
Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a group of prisoners at the foot of the steps of the Jagannath Temple, outside what is now called the Central Jail. Most of the prisoners are sitting, some with a visiting family group, and are shackled with leg irons. Guards can be seen at the top of the steps. The Central Jail was creat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1424/1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(21)
Title:
Camp on Hills, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a camp in amongst some trees. Seen in the middle of the photograph is a British woman with a child at her feet, and a British man.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1424/1(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(31)
Title:
[A view from the steps of the Pandra Shivalaya shrines, Pashupati, Kathmandu, looking west across the Bagmati River.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view from the steps of the Pandra Shivalaya shrines, Pashupati, Kathmandu, looking west across the Bagmati River (hidden from view by structures) to the pagoda-style Pashupati temple in the centre of the photograph. The Pashupati complex of temples and ghats is located on the Bagmati River, fiv...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1424/1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(32)
Title:
[Annapurna Ajimā, a temple to the goddess of abundant grain, Annapurna, overlooks the busy crowd in one of the oldest and most important market squares in Kathmandu - Asan Tol.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of Annapurna Ajimā, a temple to the goddess of abundant grain, Annapurna, overlooks the busy crowd in one of the oldest and most important market squares in Kathmandu - Asan Tol. Asan Tol is connected to the Kathmandu Darbar Square, 800 metres to the southwest, by the Siddhidas Marg, a moder...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1424/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(33)
Title:
[Radha Krishna Temple at Teku, Kathmandu, showing the Chintamani Tirtha Ghat and a two-story sattal behind.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a temple with a building behind. Radha Krishna Temple at Teku, Kathmandu, showing the Chintamani Tirtha Ghat and a two-story sattal behind. Teku Thapathali is located at the confluence of the Bagmati and Bishnumati rivers. Corresponds to Photo 1424/3(3) (albumen print).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1424/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(36)
Title:
[A view looking north to the Rani Pokhari (Queen's Pond), Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view looking north to the Rani Pokhari (Queen's Pond), Kathmandu. The pond was built in 1670 by King Pratap Malla to console his queen when their son was trampled by an elephant. The temple in the middle of the pond is dedicated to Matrikeshvor Mahadev, a form of Shiva. The Seto Darbar, with it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1424/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(43)
Title:
Natives with horses. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of four people dressed in Tibetan-style clothing. The building in the background (image on the opposite page), no longer standing, was located between the Jagannath Temple and the south end of Tundikhel, east of the Central Jail, Kathmandu. It is a large Newar-style, two to three story split...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1424/1(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(55)
Title:
Nepal Army [The Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu. Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa (r. 1804-1837) began the conversion of Tundikhel to military purposes as part of his creation of a permanent modern Nepali army. The militarization of Tundikhel contin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item