Nepalese Collection (#8)

Cartoon, The Allies, WW1
Cartoon, The Allies during the First World War. Linking arms, they sing: Are we all here? Yes! And if we re all here, thats all right

INDIA: GIRL, c1968. Portrait of a Nepali girl in Sikkim, India. Photograph by Alice S. Kandell, c1968

Lady from Nepal in traditional costume with a vast array of bangles, necklaces, rings and other adornments. Date: circa 1910s

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
TENZING NORGAY (1914 - 1986), who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, scaled the summit of Mount Everest on 29th May 1953. Date: 1953

View of Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

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View from Kala Pattha towards Mount Everest Nuptse and the Khumbu Glacier

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View from Kala Pattha towards Mount Everest Nuptse and the Khumbu Glacier

Tea plants cover the mountainside in the Ilam district of Nepal
Tea plants (Camellia sinensis) cover the lush mountainside in the highlands of the Ilam District; Province No. 1, Eastern Nepal, Nepal

View of Mount Everest from Dawn Kathmandu to Everest Flight over the Himalayas, Nepal
View of Mount Everest/Sagarmatha from a window on Dawn Kathmandu to Everest Flight over the Himalayas; Himalayas, Nepal

Machhapuchhre Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal

Boudhanath stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal

A Nepalese family: Gurkha type, 1902. Artist: Kapp & Co
A Nepalese family: Gurkha type, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Native officers of the 44th Gurkhas, Indian army, 1896. Artist: Bourne & Shepherd
Native officers of the 44th Gurkhas, Indian army, 1896. Adjutant of the 44th Gurkhas, Lieutenant JA Wilson, with the native commissioned officers of the battalion

Types of uniform of the 44th Gurkhas, 1896. Artist: Bourne & Shepherd
Types of uniform of the 44th Gurkhas, 1896

Lepcha (Sikkim), Nepalese and Bhutanese men

Changu Nanayan Temple & Changu Village, Nepal
View of Changu Narayan temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Changunarayan VDC of Bhaktapur District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal

Oxen standing on a dry field yoked to a handmade carved wooden plough, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Asia

Burnt down forest after a bush fire, slash and burn, Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Asia

NEPAL: EROTIC COUPLE. Couple engaged in the erotic position known as Cakra Asana. Gouache on paper from Nepal, 18th century

Buddha in earth-touching mudra (gesture). Terracotta, 16th-17th century
NEPAL: BUDDHA. Buddha in earth-touching mudra (gesture). Terracotta, 16th-17th century

MOUNT EVEREST, 1857. Deodhunga, later renamed Mt. Everest, as viewed from Darjeeling, India. Wood engraving, English, 1857

Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944 Date: 1944

A trekker pauses for a break on the edge of a glacial stream on the way to Mera Peak, a popular trekking peak in the Khumbu Region, near Mount Everest, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Stupa of Boudhnath, Katmandu, Nepal

Asia, Nepal, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Durbar Square, Sahdu

Tengboche Monastery, Tengboche, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Asia, Nepal, Himalayas, Sagarmatha National Park, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Unesco World Heritage, Island Peak (6189m), guide leading a route

Nepal. Kathmandu, Boudinath Stupa one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu and one largest stupas in the world

Prayer flags festoon the Stupa at Boudinath, a centre of Tibetan Buddhism, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nyatapola Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Monks at Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal Monks at Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Kathmandu Nepal

Nepal, Pokhara, Tourists in pontoon crossing Phewa Lake to Fish Tail Lodge NEPAl, Pokhara, Tourists in pontoon crossing Fewa or Phewa Lake to Fish Tail Lodge

Nepal, Pokhara, Colourful canoes on Phewa Lake NEPAL, Tanahun, Dumre, Ancient Newari mountain village of Bandipur, Ancient temple lion

Nepal, Kathmandu, Bodhnath stupa, Lhosar Tibetan & Sherpa New Year festival, People walking round the stupa Nepal, Kathmandu, Bodhnath stupa, Lhosar Tibetan & Sherpa New Year festival

Maize Field, Pokhara, Nepal

Fishtail mountain, Annapurna range, Nepal

Gokyo Lake, Khumbu Valley, Sagamartha NP, Nepal

Nuptse, Khumbu Valley, Sagamartha NP, Nepal

Khumbu Valley, Sagamartha NP, Nepal

Fish Tail, Annapurna Range, Nepal

Swayambunath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal

Snowy Peaks, Khumbu Valley, Sagamartha NP, Nepal

Terraced Hillside, Nepal

Ama Dablam, Himalayas, Nepal

Terraced Fields, Pokhara, Nepal

A Man Pushes His Dugout Canoe Along The Rapti River Near Sauraha And Chitwan National Park At Dawn; Nepal

Nepal, Pink sunset and himalayan mountains in background; Nagarkot

Aerial View Of Mountains, Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal

A Group Of People With Arms Raised

A Group Of People Raising Their Hands

An Elephant With Its Mahout Stand At The Edge Of The Rapti River Near Sauraha And Chitwan National Park As A Man Pushes His Dugout Canoe Along The River; Nepal

Gorkah Soldier, 1819. Artist: Havell & Son
Gorkah Soldier, 1819. From Journal of a Route Across India and Through Egypt by George Augustus Fitzclarence

A Corner of the Durbar Square, Patan, Nepal, 1913. From The Gorgeous East by Frank Elias. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1913]

H. H the Maharaja Bhim Shum Shere Jung Bahadur Rana, 1937
H.H the Maharaja Bhim Shum Shere Jung Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal (second from left) on his way to Buckingham Palace to confer an honour on King George VI, in advance of his coronation

Soldiers wives and children of the 44th Gurkhas, 1896. Artist: Bourne & Shepherd
Soldiers wives and children of the 44th Gurkhas, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 24th July 1896

A Nepalese woman with her child, c1910. Plate taken from Views of Darjeeling with Typical Native Portraits and Groups by J. Burlington Smith, published by Hood & Co. Ltd (Middlesbrough, c1910)

Hanuman Gate of the Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1895. Artist: C Goutzwiller
Hanuman Gate of the Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Newar women pounding grain, Nepal, 1936. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Newar women pounding grain, Nepal, 1936. The Newar are an indigenous people of the Kathmandu Valley

Temples facing the Royal Place, Katmandu, Nepal, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

A bronze statuette of Bodhisattva Manjunatha, a Nepalese deity. The god is holding various emblems and weapons in his many arms, including a Vajra (thunderbolt). Fom the British Museums collection

Bronze lion figure from Nepal
A Nepalese bronze lion figure with a protective function

Nepalese yantra painted on manuscript, 16th century
A yantra (a mystic diagram used as an aid to meditation) painted on manuscript from Nepal, 16th century

Circular plaque from Nepal with dancing figure, probably Chamunda
The figure dancing is probably Chamunda. Other deities visible are Vishnu, Bhairavya and Shiva

Streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal
A remarkable card showing a streetside empty bottle and can seller - Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: circa 1950s

A wandering street Minstrel, Kathmandu, Nepal. Date: circa 1950s

Gaddee Baithak Palace, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal
Gaddi Baithak Palace (Gaddee Baithak), Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal - built in 1908 in the European style during the Rana period. Date: late 1950s

Emperor of India enjoying sport in the jungle 1912
Front cover photograph of The Sphere, showing King George V seated on his hunting elephant during his holiday in the Napel teri. Date: 1912

King Emperor among the Nepal tigers and bears 1911
King George V, in Nepal on a great shooting expedition, loading up for the next himalayan bear, metal rod in front gave the King a shooting rest. Date: December 1911

King Emperors great shoot in Nepal 1911
King George V, in Nepal on a great shooting expedition with the Maharajah of Nepal (left), lying at the feet of his Majestys elephant is a tiger that the King has just killed. December 1911

Night stupa

the city of bhaktapur, nepal

A small chorten strewn with prayer flags marks the top of a hill near Ringmo in the remote Dolpa region, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

A lodge at Kongde in Everest region, Khumbu Region, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

MOUNT EVEREST, 1924. Mount Everest, with ice formations in foreground. Photographed in 1924

MOUNT EVEREST MEMORIAL. The memorial cairn at base camp on Mount Everest built
MOUNT EVEREST MEMORIAL

Gurkhas patrol Afghanistan in a Land Rover

Seated Buddha (gilt bronze)
BAL2638 Seated Buddha (gilt bronze) by Nepalese School, (15th century); Private Collection; Nepalese, out of copyright

Mt Everest, Sagarnatha National Park, Nepal as seen from the Gokyo Valley

Sunrise hits the Himalayas at Gokyo, Sagarnatha National Park, Nepal

A bank of heavy clouds rolls up the Gokyo Valley underneath high Himalayan peaks

A tree silhouetted against a high Himalayan peak on the outskirts of the trekking town of Namche, in the heart of the Solly Khumbu on the way to Mt Everest

Swing bridge across a river at low water, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Asia

Hiker climbing shiny stone steps against a blue sky, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Asia

Snow-covered south flank of the Annapurna mountain, a village in the foreground, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Asia

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"Nepalese: A Journey through the Land of Serenity and Majesty" Immerse yourself in the enchanting beauty of Nepal, a land that captivates with its rich cultural heritage and breathtaking landscapes. In Kathmandu, behold the magnificent Buddhist stupa known as Boudha at Bodhanath, an architectural marvel that emanates tranquility. As you venture into the Himalayas, prepare to be awestruck by the towering presence of Mount Everest, a majestic peak that beckons adventurers from around the world. Gaze upon its grandeur from Kala Pata, where every glimpse is a testament to human determination and nature's awe-inspiring power. Discover Mt Machapuchare (Machhapuchhre), standing tall at 7059m. Its snow-capped peaks seem like guardians watching over this mystical land. And amidst these mountains lies the delicate beauty of Himalayan poppy (Meconopsis grandis), painting vibrant hues against an alpine backdrop. Find solace in the sacredness of Bodnath's Buddhist stupa (Boudhanath), where prayers mingle with whispers carried by gentle winds. Trekking towards Annapurna reveals nature's splendor as you traverse rugged terrains adorned with Annapurna South's imposing presence. Delve into Nepal's ancient history through art; witness Siva Parvati in armor or celebrate alongside them as they embrace their infant Kumar on his birthday - remnants from centuries past found in Kathe Simbhu. Marvel at Vajrasattva Mandala, an eternal embrace between tantric Buddha and prajna wisdom depicted on cloth – a symbol without beginning or end. But it is not just monuments and art that define Nepal; it is also its people who hold immense love for their land. Witness a young boy hugging a tree trunk passionately before participating in Guinness World Record attempt – showcasing their deep connection with nature.