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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/2(1)
Title:: [Linge ping, a bamboo and rope swing constructed for the Dashain (Moshani for Newars) festival.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a swing, there is man on the left holding some of Joseph Gaye's photographic equipment and standing beside a pony. Linge ping, a bamboo and rope swing constructed for the Dashain (Moshani for Newars) festival. Dashain falls from late-September to mid-October and is Nepal's longest (15 day...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/2(2)
Title:: [The gravestone of Henry Gaye in the British Cemetery in Lainchaur, Kathmandu, Nepal.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a gravestone of Henry Gaye in the British Cemetery in Lainchaur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Henry was the 12th individual to be buried in the cemetery. This image is the earliest known photograph of the cemetery although it only shows Henry's gravestone and the fields behind with two waiting horse...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1891
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/2(3)
Title:: Camp on Hills, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a camp on the hills, Katmundu, Nepal. Seen in the middle of the photograph is Mary Gaye, wife of the photographer, and their son Arthur, with attendants to the left holding the reins of two ponies.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/2(4)
Title:: [A view of the Hanuman Dhoka (doorway), Kathmandu, from the west.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: A view of the Hanuman Dhoka (doorway), Kathmandu, from the west. The Hanuman Dhoka takes its name from the statue of Hanuman, Rama's monkey devotee who embodies heroism and intellectual excellence with unwavering devotion to God. The doorway in turn gives its name to the whole Kathmandu palace co...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/2(5)
Title:: View, Nepal [Unidentified view of ghats, patis, temples and a plank bridge on a river. Kathmandu Valley.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of ghats, patis, temples and a plank bridge on a river. Kathmandu Valley.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/3(1)
Title:: [A group posing in front of the equestrian statue of Jung Bahadur Rana at Tundikhel, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a group posing in front of the equestrian statue of Jung Bahadur Rana at Tundikhel, Kathmandu.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/3(2)
Title:: [A Rana palace, unidentified. Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. ] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a palace and garden. There is a tall tree in the middle of the image. A Rana palace, unidentified. Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/3(3)
Title:: [Radha Krishna temple at Teku, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of 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 1424/1(33) (glass plate negative).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/3(4)
Title:: Tibetan woman with Nepalese woman & child. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a two woman with child. A crowd on the right is observing the scene. The location in the Kathmandu Valley is not known.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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