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71. Photo 1424/1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(3)
Title:
[A farm family in front of a two-story thatched dwelling.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a farm family in front of a two-story thatched dwelling. Bundles of grain stalks are drying on the roof and ground in front of the dwelling, and one of the women is holding scythes which are reflecting the sunlight. A three-story building and shikhara-style temple can be seen in the backg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

72. Photo 1424/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(30)
Title:
[The northern footbridge at the Pashupati Temple, spanning the Bagmati River to connect the west bank Arya Ghat (shown here) with the east bank's Pandra Shivalaya shrines] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the northern footbridge at the Pashupati Temple, spanning the Bagmati River to connect the west bank Arya Ghat (shown here) with the east bank's Pandra Shivalaya shrines. The Pashupati temple is shielded from view by ancillary buildings, many of which have been refurbished or replaced sin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

73. Photo 1424/1(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(40)
Title:
[Gurkha Gate, Simla (Shimla). The main gate to the Viceregal Lodge (now named Rashtrapati Niwas), at Simla.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the Gurkha Gate, Simla (Shimla). The main gate to the Viceregal Lodge (now named Rashtrapati Niwas), at Simla. Construction of the lodge began in 1880 under Lord Ripon and was completed in 1888 under Lord Dufferin. The gate’s construction date is less certain, although no later than 1899,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

74. Photo 1424/1(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(55)
Title:
Nepal Army [The Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu. Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa (r. 1804-1837) began the conversion of Tundikhel to military purposes as part of his creation of a permanent modern Nepali army. The militarization of Tundikhel contin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

75. 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

76. Photo 1424/1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(4)
Title:
[A woman posing in a field with five children at harvest time.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of a woman posing in a field with five children at harvest time. One child is holding a small scythe for harvesting the grain. In the background, people are seen walking along a pathway beside a building. Kathmandu Valley.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

77. Photo 1424/1(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(23)
Title:
[Joseph Gaye's sons Ernest James and Herbert Victor with a servant outside their bungalow in Simla (Shimla), India.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of two boys with a servant outside a bungalow in Simla (Shimla), India. The boys are Joseph Gaye's sons Ernest James and Herbert Victor. Ernest was born in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1891 and was killed in World War I at Passchendaele, Belgium, in 1917; Herbert was born in Calcutta, India, in 1894 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 item

78. Photo 1424/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(36)
Title:
[A view looking north to the Rani Pokhari (Queen's Pond), Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
A view looking north to the Rani Pokhari (Queen's Pond), Kathmandu. The pond was built in 1670 by King Pratap Malla to console his queen when their son was trampled by an elephant. The temple in the middle of the pond is dedicated to Matrikeshvor Mahadev, a form of Shiva. The Seto Darbar, with it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

79. Photo 1424/1(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(69)
Title:
[The central and southern Bhashmeshvar Ghat on the west bank of the Bagmati River.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View of the central and southern Bhasmeshvar Ghat on the west bank of the Bagmati River looking south from the southernmost foot bridge connecting the east and west banks near Pashupati. The white spire of the Vishnu Brahma Maheshvar Temple is seen on the left of the photograph. Nearly every stru...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item

80. Photo 1424/1(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1424/1(71)
Title:
[The Vatsala Devi Temple outside the southwest corner of the Pashupati complex.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
Scope & Content:
View showing a portion of a torana above a doorway in the lower right and a wooden roof strut carved with Tantric themes. Behind the strut in the upper left of the photograph is a wall painting of a single female figure. The goddess’s festival takes place in the month of Chaitra (March/April) beg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1892
Extent:
1 item