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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(13)
Title:: [A street scene in an unknown location in India.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a street scene in an unknown location in India.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1894-1896
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(14)
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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(15)
Title:: Young King of Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a young man. A copy of a photograph of Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, who was King of Nepal from 1881 to 1911.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(16)
Title:: [A copy of a photograph of Nepali officials.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a group of Nepali officials. All are unidentified but the person in the front row wearing a sash appears to be Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and the person to his left could be his brother, Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Chandra Shumsher became the 8th Rana prime minister in 1901 fo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(17)
Title:: [Two unidentified men, one wearing the Royal Nepalese Army uniform and holding a baton.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of two unidentified men, one wearing the Royal Nepalese Army uniform and holding a baton. Corresponds to Photo 1424/3(15) (albumen print).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(18)
Title:: Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal [A group of prisoners outside what is now called the Central Jail, some grooming heads.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a group of prisoners outside what is now called the Central Jail, some grooming heads. The men are shackled with leg irons. At the centre of the photograph there appears to be visitors, including a woman. The man in white in the upper right of the photograph is seated on the steps of the ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(20)
Title:: Lepers. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a group of lepers on the banks of a river. A copy of a photograph probably taken at Khokana near Kathmandu. Khokana was established in 1857 for a member of the ruling Rana dynasty who had contracted the disease. The colony is still home to those suffering from leprosy (Hansen's disease).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(22)
Title:: Group of coolies, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a gathering of carriers and soldiers in a forested area with tents in the background. The woven bags and kharpans (woven baskets) and shoulder poles of the carriers are with the sitting group.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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