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040-004562152 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 1424/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3
Title:
Joseph Gaye Collection: Views of Nepal, 1888-1899. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
32 albumen prints mounted on loose pages of the original album.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 1424/3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(22)
Title:
[Unidentified Newar-style buildings.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of an unidentified Newar-style buildings joined by a gate, possibly part of the Thapathali Darbar complex, Kathmandu.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1424/3(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(27)
Title:
[Seto Darbar, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a palace and gardens. The neoclassical Rana palace - also known as the White Palace - was completed in 1890 by Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, who was prime minister from 1885-1901. The Seto Darbar was located to the south of the Narayanhiti Palace and is considered by some to be one of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1424/3(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(32)
Title:
Two Nepalese Ladies. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of two women wearing traditional Newar parsi (sari) and gaa (long length shawl).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1424/3(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(10)
Title:
Fountains. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of an unidentified hiti in the Kathmandu Valley. People are seen washing at the communal water spouts. Each of the three spouts is surmounted by a shrine. A carved image of Bhagiratha can be seen underneath the spout on the left in the photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1424/3(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(24)
Title:
Golden roof Temple. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the eastern entrance to a temple with a two-tiered gilded copper roof. The temple is named for Pashupati, the Lord of Animals incarnation of Shiva. Its origins as a religious site predate history. The temple was reconstructed in its present form in 1697 in the reign of Bhupalendra Malla.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1424/3(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(29)
Title:
Temple, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View looking east, showing a numerous Shiva shrines as well as two of the buildings (sattals) within the complex. The Gorakhnath Mandir Temple is located on the hill directly east across the Bagmati River from the Pashupati Temple and along the pathway leading from the footbridges to the Mrigasth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1424/3(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(31)
Title:
Woman cutting wood, Nepal [Kathmandu Valley.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a woman cutting wood, Kathmandu Valley.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1424/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(19)
Title:
Nepalese dancing girl. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a female dancer with band playing traditional instruments. The dancer is wearing traditional Newar clothing: parsi (a sari with many pleats), misālan (blouse fastened with cloth ties and gā (shawl) wrapped around her upper body. The headdress is worn for special events. The instruments, l...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1424/3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(14)
Title:
[An unidentified man posed wearing traditional Newari dress.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of an unidentified man posed wearing traditional Newari dress: a tapālan (long shirt) and suruwā (tight fitting trousers).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item