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9531. Photo 1424/1(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(83)
Title:
[A crowd in front of the western facade of the original Gaddi Baithak, Basantapur Darbar Square, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a crowd in front of the western facade of the original Gaddi Baithak, Basantapur Darbar Square, Kathmandu. Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana replaced this structure with a neoclassical building in 1908. This later building became the primary reception and ceremonial hall for state and ro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9532. Photo 1424/1(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(84)
Title:
[Seto Darbar , Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a palace, Seto Darbar, Kathmandu. 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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9533. Photo 1424/1(85)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(85)
Title:
[Seto Darbar , Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a palace, Seto Darbar, Kathmandu. 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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9534. Photo 1424/1(86)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(86)
Title:
[A view north across the Bagmati River to the Thapathali Darbar and ghats, from the southern end of the bridge connecting Kathmandu to Lalitpur.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view north across the Bagmati River to the Thapathali Darbar and ghats, from the southern end of the bridge connecting Kathmandu to Lalitpur. The bridge has since been replaced by the Bagmati Kupondole Bridge. Nain Singh Thapa (1777-1806/07) is credited with building the initial palace complex....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9535. Photo 1424/1(87)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(87)
Title:
The Residency, Katmundu. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the front of the British Residency at Lainchaur, Kathmandu. The Residency was an outcome of the Treaty of Sugauli, ending the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-1816 between the British East India Company and Nepal. One of the terms of the treaty obliged Nepal to accept a permanent British repres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9536. Photo 1424/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(88)
Title:
The Residency. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view of the front of the British Residency, Lainchaur, Kathmandu. Guards are stationed outside the Residency while an English group is at the entrance - perhaps the Resident and his family. The Residency was an outcome of the Treaty of Sugauli, ending the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814-1816 between...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9537. Photo 1424/1(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(89)
Title:
The Doctor's Bungalow, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
The Residency surgeon's house in the British Residency complex at Lainchaur, Kathmandu, showing the small hospital building at the back. (Ref. Ballantine, Henry, "On India's Frontier", J. Selwin Tait & Sons, New York, 1895.) A photograph from 1954 shows this building was remodeled with upper ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9538. Photo 1424/1(90)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(90)
Title:
Scenery, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view looking east over fields and the Bishnumati River to the Kathmandu skyline. The temples visible left to right are the tall Taleju Temple in the middle of the photograph, two temples in the Basantapur Darbar and the Jaisi Deval temple.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9539. Photo 1424/1(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(91)
Title:
[A view showing a substantial footbridge with rest houses, temples or shrines, and ghats at either end in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view showing a substantial footbridge with rest houses, temples or shrines, and ghats at either end in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. This photograph has not been identified. The span, supported by eight wooden piers, is short compared to the span required to connect Thapathali to Lalitpur.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9540. Photo 1424/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/2
Title:
Joseph Gaye Collection: Views of Nepal and India, 1888-1892. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
Five cellulose acetate negatives taken by Joseph Gaye in Nepal and India, probably around 1888-1899 or later.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
Five items

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