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Three Portraits of Royal Nepalese Women

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At A Glance

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Dates

undated
Physical Description

3 Items (Photographs extent, Hand-painted silver gelatin prints, 8.5 x 6 3/8)
Collection ID

FSA.A2011.01
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2011-01

Scope and Contents

Three portraits of royal Nepalese women, the daughters of the Rana of Nepal and the Prime MInister (1931-1943) Juddah Samshar Janga Badahar Rana. The photos likely date from the 1910s-1920s. Each is a hand-tinted gelatin silver print mounted on paper.
Local Numbers

FSA A2011.01
Place

Nepal
Culture

Nepalese
Custodial History

Purchase
Archival Repository

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs
Citation

Three Portraits of Royla Nepalese Women. FSA.A2011.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Rights

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form

Photographs
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.