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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1424 Subject Architecture

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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 The bridge has since been replaced by the Bagmati Kupondole Bridge.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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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