Place: Kathmandu, Nepal - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(59)
Title:: Picnic of English residents, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a picnic with staff in the background [Picnickers and staff are not identified].
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(68)
Title:: [The Vajra (thunderbolt) at the Swayambhu Stupa, Kathmandu Valley.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of a scuplture, Vajra (thunderbolt) at the Swayambhu Stupa, Kathmandu Valley, viewed from the north across the top of the staircase down the eastern flank of the hill to the valley floor below. The top of the stairs is immediately to the left of the Vajra and its guardian lion. A second lion...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(74)
Title:: [Taleju Temple, Kathmandu Darbar Square, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: View of Taleju Temple, Kathmandu Darbar Square, Kathmandu. The temple was built in 1564 by King Mahendra Malla and dedicated to Taleju Bhawani, a form of Parvati that originated in southern India and became the royal goddess of the Malla kings in the 14th century. The photograph is shot from the ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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

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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1424/1(81)
Title:: [A view towards the south-west showing people, some with their animals, walking on a path at the corner of Tundikhel towards the Tripureshvor Shiva Mahadev temple, Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:: A view towards the south-west showing people, some with their animals, walking on a path at the corner of Tundikhel towards the Tripureshvor Shiva Mahadev temple, Kathmandu.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1888-1892
Extent:: 1 item

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

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

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