A large lot of 114 glass-slides with images of Christian religious artefacts and images. Many of the objects photographed belonged to the National Museum of Antiquities, in the times when the museum had a department of religious art. Some of the slides were used for teaching purposes. 114 gelati...
A small lot of 24 glass-plate negatives with images of archaeological artefacts discovered in the Romanian Black Sea region. 24 gelatine dry-plate negatives, all in the 13/18cm format, in a bad condition of preservation. This file contains the following 24 items: EAP816/1/46/1: Pottery [Image 1...
Dirgha Man Collection of photographs [Late 1800s-mid 1940s] Ganesh Man Chitrakar [mid 1940s- early 1950s]
Scope & Content:
These glass plate negatives were taken by Dirgha Man (1877-1951) and Ganesh Man Chitrakar (1916-1985). They are interesting in the context of Nepal’s history as they were Court Photographers. Furthermore, Nepal did not open up to outside visitors until the early-1950s. The photographs that Dirgh...
Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies: The Ranas ruled Nepal from 1846 when Jung Bahadur Rana captured power from the Shah Kings and started a 104 year rule as hereditary Prime Ministers. As Dirgha Man started working in the courts since the late 19th century, Rana Portraits and Ceremonie...