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21. Photo 1424/3(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(28)
Title:
View of Palace with hills behind. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view looking northwest to Phora Darbar with a Newar-style palace behind and the hills of the present Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park in the distance. The neoclassical Phora Darbar ("Fountain Palace") was built by the architect Kishor Narsingh Rana for Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, prime mini...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

22. Photo 1424/3(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(30)
Title:
Sacred river & burning ghat, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the preparting of bodies for cremation at the north end of Bhashmeshvar Ghat on the west bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupati. The stairs to the Ayar Ghat and southern most foot bridge are on the extreme right of the photograph. The three domes of the Bhashmeshvar Mahadev Temple rise ab...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

23. Photo 1424/1(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(58)
Title:
Camp on Hills, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view through trees showing tents.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

24. 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

25. 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

26. Photo 1424/3(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(26)
Title:
Sacred river used for bathing. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of buildings along side the river. The Arya Ghat on the west bank of the Bagmati River looking north and upstream from the stone footbridge connecting the ghat to the Pandra Shivalaya shrines. On the right of the image are the river steps in front of the unseen Pandra Shivalaya. On the left,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

27. 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

28. Photo 1424/3(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/3(11)
Title:
[Bhadrakali Temple (also known as Shree Lumadhi Bhadrakali), Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of Bhadrakali Temple (also known as Shree Lumadhi Bhadrakali), Kathmandu, a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Bhadrakali, was built in 1817 at the eastern corner of Tundikhel, Kathmandu. According to one legend, the temple was built at the site where a statue of Bhadrakali was found. It ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

29. Photo 1424/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(20)
Title:
Lepers. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a group of lepers on the banks of a river. A copy of a photograph probably taken at Khokana near Kathmandu. Khokana was established in 1857 for a member of the ruling Rana dynasty who had contracted the disease. The colony is still home to those suffering from leprosy (Hansen's disease).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

30. 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