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5221. 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

5222. 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

5223. 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

5224. 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

5225. 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

5226. 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

5227. Photo 1424/3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(16)
Title:
[A side view of Bagh Darbar (Bag Darbar) and its surrounding walled garden, Kathmandu, looking northwest.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A side view of Bagh Darbar (Bag Darbar) and its surrounding walled garden, Kathmandu, looking northwest. A man can be seen working in the middle of the garden, giving scale to the built structures. The spire of a Ram Chandra temple and a pagoda-style temple are visible behind the palace and the t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5228. Photo 1424/3(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(17)
Title:
[A crowd in front of the western facade of the Newar-style Gaddi Baithak, Basantapur Darbar Square, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a crowd in front of the western facade of the Newar-style Gaddi Baithak, Basantapur Darbar Square [Kathmandu Durbar Square], Kathmandu. Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana replaced this structure with a neoclassical building in 1908. This building became the primary reception and ceremonia...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5229. Photo 1424/3(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(20)
Title:
View of carved window, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a carved bay window with portraits of a woman and children dressed in European clothing are barely visible in the windows. These richly carved Newar windows are often built as a tripartite (sajhyah) on the second floor of a building and can protrude as a bay window.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

5230. Photo 1424/3(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(21)
Title:
[A view north to buildings in the Thapathali Darbar complex, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view north to buildings in the Thapathali Darbar complex, Kathmandu. The buildings are Newar in style but the palace in the centre of the photograph shows a later addition of a Rana-style columned portico. Nain Singh Thapa (1777-1806/7) of the Thapa dynasty is credited with building the initial...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

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