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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1183

1. Photo 1183

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183
Title:
Photographs of Java. Photographer(s): Woodbury and Page.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 57 albumen prints, individually mounted on card, and contained in a leather-bound box, titled Java in gilt on front. The majority are uncaptioned, but a few have titles written in ink in a contemporary hand on the bottom right corner of the mount, and most are numbered in a contemp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
57 items

2. Photo 1183(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(1)
Title:
Docks, Batavia. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking in a north-easterly direction across the Haven Kanaal towards the sea in the distance, with customs and port administration buildings on the right-hand side. In the centre foreground is the Pasar Ikan (Fish Market) building, with the Vierkanst...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1183(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(2)
Title:
[Palace of the Governor-General, Buitenzorg, now the Presidential Palace, Bogor.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '31' in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the gardens of the Governor-General's residence, built between 1750 and 1761 and subsequently enlarged several times.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1183(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(3)
Title:
[Hotel des Indes, Batavia (Jakarta)] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '5' in pencil on mount. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the square towards the facade of the Hotel des Indes, with an unidentified circular domed building (possibly an icehouse?) on the left. Also reproduced in Scott Merrillees, 'Batavia in nine...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1183(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(4)
Title:
[Resident of Batavia's House, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '18' in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the handsome verandahed bungalow of the Dutch Resident at Batavia, which still stands today at 8 Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan (previously Koningsplain Zuid). From 1945-54 it was the occupied by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1183(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(5)
Title:
[Chinese house on Molenvliet West, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '16' in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a substantial Chinese house located near the northern end of Molevliet West (Jalan Gajah Mada), with figures seated on the verandah. Part of the building still survived (in 2000), as part of a new d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1183(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(6)
Title:
[House of Major China Tan Tjong Hoay at Gedung Gula in Semarang.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '42' in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the street of the large, two storey Chinese house, built around 1815, with figures seated on the verandah. Identification from Steven Wachlin, 'Woodbury and Page: Photographers Java' (KITLV Press,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1183(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(7)
Title:
[Gunung Sahari Canal, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '29' in pencil on mount. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography General view along the canal. Identification and dating from Scott Merrillees, 'Batavia in nineteenth century photographs' (Archipelago Press, Singapore, 2000), where this photograph is reproduced on p. 274.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c May 1863
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1183(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(8)
Title:
[Bronze statue in front of the Museum, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '2' in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the bronze statue of an eleohant, raised on an elaborate stone plinth, in front of the museum. The statue was presented by King Chulalonmgkorn of Siam in 1871, during his visit to the Dutch East Indies. Info...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1183(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(9)
Title:
Native Idol, Gaga. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '43' in pencil on mount. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a sculpture of Ganesh in the ruins of the temple complex of Singasari. This piece was later presented to the King of Siam, when he visited the Dutch East Indies in 1896. Identification, dating and oth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 item