Trust to publish limited edition folio of historic
images of the Patan Royal Palace |
Production has begun of a limited edition folio of historic photographs, drawings, and watercolor renderings of the Patan Royal Palace.
The folio project grew out of Trust research on the Palace complex and will comprise a collection of extraordinary images, most never published before, that |
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depict various views of the buildings and gardens that make up Nepal’s most important, and intact, Palace square.
The folio will include a brief introduction to the history and architecture of the Patan Palace and a timeline of the artists, diplomats, scholars, and photographers who travelled to Nepal to document the |
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achitecture of the Kathmandu Valley.
A limited edition of 500 will be published in early 2007. Copies can be reserved in advance for a contribution of $250. to the Patan Royal Palace Project. |
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Above: View of the Patan Palace across the tank of the Bhandarkhal. Ink wash by Henry Ambrose Oldfield, ca. 1853. Inscribed on reverse, “Rajah Sidhi Nur Singh’s tank and Summer House, in the Garden at the rear of the Darbar, Patan- constructed AD 1647”. Henry Ambrose Oldfield, ca. 1853. Image courtesy of the British Library, Oriental & India Office Collection.
Left: Photograph of the bricked up entry to Sundari Cok. Gustave Le Bon, February, 1885.
Right: Photograph of the southern end of the Patan Darbar. Kurt Boeck, Durch Indien ins verschlossene Land Nepal Leipzig, 1903. |
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