Nepal Collection

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

Edmund Hillary & Tensing
Sir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008

Nepal / Everest April 1933
The first aerial photograph of Mt Everests summit

WW1 GURKHA
A Gurkha from eastern Nepal, fighting with the Allies during World War One

Edward VIII in Nepal
EDWARD VIII As Prince of Wales, travelling by elephant in Nepal

Nepal Patan Main Street
The main street

King George V hunting tigers in Nepal
King George V, tiger shooting during his visit to India for the Durbar celebrations, the King went to Nepal for big game shooting

King George V shooting Tigers in India from a howdah - 1911. Date: 1911

King George V shooting expedition 1911
His Imperial Majesty making his way through the jungle during the great big-game shoot in Nepal. Date: December 1911

King George V hunting
King George V, on a big-game hunting expedition in India, Nepal, (photographed here in Howdah of the big elephant in centre) inspecting the results of a mornings sport including four tigers

Sikkim, Northern India - The Maharajah Maharani and suite
Sikkim - a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayas - The Maharajah Maharani and suite. Date: circa 1910s

Vintage 19th century photograph: Nepalese, Nepali, Nepal woman in traditional clothes, image taken in northern India

Goorung men, military tribe, Nepal taken from The People of India published in the 1860s

Khas or Kus men, Gurka or Goorka dominant tribe Nepal, taken from The People of India published in the 1860s

Everest expedition, 1922 - General Bruce and Captain Noel
Captain John Baptist Lucius Noel, the official photographer of the 1924 Everest expedition, pictured on shooting a film from the roof of a train carriage during the journey up the Teesta Valley

Nepaul piptanthus, Piptanthus nepalensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway

Verbena officinalis var. africana (Nepaul vervain, Verbena sororia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British

Iris species
Chalcedonian iris, Iris susiana, Florentine iris, Iris florentina, Nepal iris, Iris nepalensis, three-toothed iris, Iris tridentata, and spring iris, Iris verna

St. Johns wort species
Chinese St. Johns wort, Hypericum monogynum, Nepal St. Johns wort, Hypericum uralum, Majorca St. Johns wort, Hypericum baleericum, and Hypericum-like reaumuria

Painted begonia, Begonia picta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

White garland-lily or white ginger lily, Hedychium coronarium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Evergreen laburnum, Piptanthus nepalensis (Thermopsis laburnifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Nepal koklass and western tragopan
Nepal koklass, Pucrasia macrolopha nipalensis, and western tragopan, Tragopan melanocephalus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres

Nepal goat and Egyptian goat
Nepal goat, Capra hircus nepalensis, and Egyptian goat, Capra nubiana. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library

Snowball plant, Saussurea gossypiphora (Aplotaxis gossypina). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Shamrock pea or blue oxalis, Parochetus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Indian aconite or Nepal aconite, Aconitum ferox. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Poster, Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation, with a map showing routes. 1958

King of Cabal and a Nepalese man. 1832

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting bears 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII), having a some lunch between shoots in his expedition in the Terai, crossing a nullah in the jungle. Date: 1876

NEPAL / BHAKTAPUR 1877
Bhaktapur (formerly Bhatgaon): temple built by B Malla Date: 1877

View of Mount Everest from Nepal. Date: late 19th century

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

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of the worlds highest peak

Gurkha Woman, Nepal
A superb photograph of a Gurkha Woman - historically, the terms " Gurkha" and " Gorkhali" were synonymous with " Nepali

Sarus Crane - pair in wetland habitat (Indian population) (Grus antigone). Nepal

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

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

Art from North Nepal. The Heaven. Tempera on pasteboard (19th c.). Tibetan art. Tempera

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting tigers 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII) with Colonel Sir Arthur Ellis, in close quarters with tigers. Date: 1876

Prince of Wales tiger shooting 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII) on a shooting expedition in the Terai, padding a tiger. Date: 1876

Prince of Wales in Nepal Terai, shooting bears 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII) on a shooting expedition in the Terai, crossing a nullah in the jungle. March 1876

Tibetan dancers, Hotel Mount Everest, Himalayas. Date: circa 1930

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

Animals at a French Zoo - Bengal Tiger - Close up of Tiger. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

Himalayan Snowstorm
NEPAL : a snowstorm in the Himalayas, seen across the lower mountains. Date: 1907

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