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Photo 855

Record Id:

032-003122691

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003122691

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x0005ad

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 855

Title:

Taylor Collection: Early views in Nepal.

Scope & Content:

Loose mounted prints, with captions and a manuscript list signed by Taylor. The photographs constitute the earliest known views in Nepal and were taken between 1863-65, when Taylor was the Assistant Resident in Kathmandu. The series includes architectural studies in Kathmandu, Patan, Pasupati and Bhadgaon, and portraits of Maharaja Jung Bahadur, Colonel George Ramsay and King Surendra Bikram Sah. For a full account of the collection see J.P. Losty, 'Clarence Comyn Taylor (1830-79): The first photographer in Udaipur and Nepal' ('History of photography', Vol 16, No 4, Winter 1992, pp. 318-335).

Process = Albumen prints

Photographers = Clarence Comyn Taylor., ;

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

18 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

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Scripts:

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Start Date:

1863

End Date:

1865

Date Range:

1863-1865

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 227 mm x 287 mm to 335 mm x 338 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from Alex Stirling 1991.

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known