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9551. Photo 1424/3(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(5)
Title:
[A view looking north across the Bagmati River and ghats to the Thapathali Darbar complex, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view looking north across the Bagmati River and ghats to the Thapathali Darbar complex, Kathmandu. Nain Singh Thapa (1777-1806/07) is credited with building the initial palace complex. The darbar transferred to the Ranas when it was acquired by Nain Singh Thapa's grandson, Jung Bahadur Rana (in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9552. Photo 1424/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(6)
Title:
[A view from the steps of the Pandra Shivalaya shrines at Pashupati, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view from the steps of the Pandra Shivalaya shrines at Pashupati, Kathmandu, looking west across the Bagmati River (hidden from view by structures) to the pagoda-style Pashupati temple in the centre-right of the photograph. The temple is named for Pashupati, an incarnation of Shiva and gives it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9553. Photo 1424/3(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(7)
Title:
[A view of the Patan Darbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view of the Patan Darbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south. The photograph was taken from the east steps of the Vishwanath Temple, a detail of which fills the right edge of the photograph. The temple was built in 1627 by King Narasimha. Narayan Chok - the oldest palace of the Malla kings - is in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9554. Photo 1424/3(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(8)
Title:
[A view of the Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view of the Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, looking south. The elephants of the Vishvanath Temple fill the right side of the photograph. The temple was built in 1627 by King Narasimha. A pillar supporting a statue of Garuda, Vishnu's mount, rises behind the elephants. The large two-tiered pagoda...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9555. Photo 1424/3(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(9)
Title:
Fountains, Nepal [The Naudhara (“nine spouts”).] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the Naudhara (“nine spouts”) is located in Godawari municipality at the base of Phulchoki, the tallest hill of the Kathmandu Valley. Phulchoki is on the southern rim of the Valley about 18 kilometres south-east of the Kathmandu Darbar Square. Godawari is elevated enough above the Valley f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9556. 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

9557. Photo 1424/3(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(11)
Title:
[Bhadrakali Temple (also known as Shree Lumadhi Bhadrakali), Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of Bhadrakali Temple (also known as Shree Lumadhi Bhadrakali), Kathmandu, a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Bhadrakali, was built in 1817 at the eastern corner of Tundikhel, Kathmandu. According to one legend, the temple was built at the site where a statue of Bhadrakali was found. It ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9558. Photo 1424/3(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(12)
Title:
[The Vajra (thunderbolt) at Swayambhu, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of Vajra (thunderbolt) at Swayambhu, Kathmandu, viewed from the top of the stairs connecting the complex to the valley floor below. The photograph is shot from the north edge of the staircase looking a little south of true east. Immediately behind the Vajra, at the base of the dome of the S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9559. Photo 1424/3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(13)
Title:
[A group posed in front of the statue of King Pratap Malla, his wife and son on an elephant at the Rani Pokhari, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a group posed in front of the statue of King Pratap Malla, his wife and son on an elephant at the Rani Pokhari, Kathmandu. The pond, built by the king to console his wife upon the death of their son, can be seen on the left side of the photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

9560. 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

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