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5211. 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

5212. 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

5213. 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

5214. 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

5215. Photo 1424/2(1)

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

5216. Photo 1424/2(4)

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

5217. Photo 1424/2(5)

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

5218. Photo 1424/3(2)

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

5219. Photo 1424/3(3)

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

5220. 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

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