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5201. Photo 1424/1(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(77)
Title:
[A post office, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a building with six men standing in front. A post office, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Signs stating, "Postal Notices" and "Letter Box" in three languages, including English and Nepali, are seen on either side of the doorway on the guarded building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5202. Photo 1424/1(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(78)
Title:
[An image of the 18th century reservoir pond feeding the Balaju Baisdhara public fountains in Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View showing a one-story masonry building at one edge of the pond, and a group of guards and civilians.The 18th century reservoir pond feeding the Balaju Baisdhara public fountains in Kathmandu. The twenty-two crocodile-head stone water spouts of the Baisdhara are unseen, being below the other si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5203. Photo 1424/1(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(79)
Title:
The Sundhara [Sundhara Spout (Golden Spout), Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View showing three of the five stone spouts and their shrines. The shrine behind the main spout, in the centre, is dedicated to Garuda while a carving of Bhagiratha is underneath the spout. A sattal (resting house) is seen behind the hiti. The sattal has been extensively renovated or replaced. Th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5204. Photo 1424/1(80)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(80)
Title:
[Unidentified guarded building. ] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of an unidentified guarded building with people and saddled horses on the right. The building, no longer standing, was located between the Jagannath Temple and the south end of Tundikhel, east of the Central Jail, Kathmandu. It is a large Newar-style, two to three story split-level structure...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5205. Photo 1424/1(82)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(82)
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

5206. 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

5207. 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

5208. 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

5209. 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

5210. 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

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