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91. WD2975

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2975
Title:
Front view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra
Scope & Content:
Front view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra, c.1823. Probably by a Chinese or Javanese artist Water-colour and gouache; 45 by 56.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1823
Extent:
1 Item

92. WD2976

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2976
Title:
Rear view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra
Scope & Content:
Rear view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra, c.1823. Probably by a Chinese or Javanese artist Water-colour and gouache; 45 by 56.5 cm. Note: The following description of Pematang Balam ('Dove's Rise' or 'Dove's Ridge') is given by Lady Raffles in her ‘Memoir:’ 'Sir Stamford's ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1823
Extent:
1 Item

93. WD2977

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2977
Title:
Dutch judge and local dignitaries witnessing the execution and mutilation of criminals, Java. Artist(s): Bork, W.H.V. (fl. 1807)
Scope & Content:
Dutch judge and Javanese rulers witnessing the execution and mutilation of criminals, Java. 1807. By W.H.V. Bork[e?] Inscribed: ‘W.H.V. Bork[e?] invt. 1807’. Water-colour; 49 by 65.4 cm. Note: A rather spectacular water-colour by an artist whose name is unknown. The drawing depicts a Dutc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 Item

94. WD2978

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2978
Title:
Fortified stockade in Java, or possibly in Ceylon.
Scope & Content:
Fortified stockade. Java(?), c.1800. By a Dutch artist Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘Vertooningh van twee Bergen Geleegen op Kaddoewille, met de twee Batterijen die de Singaleesen daar op gemaakt hebben en de door haar toegemaakte weg of ingang tusschen deselve’. Water-colour; 37 by 52...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

95. WD2979

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2979
Title:
The Water Palace, Jogjakarta, Java. Artist(s): Baker, Godfrey Phipps (1786-1850)
Scope & Content:
The Water Castle, Jogjakarta, Java. c.1815. Probably by Captain G.P. Baker. Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘Water Palace from the SE Djocjocarta in the Centre of the Craton of the Sultan, taken by Storm 20 June 1812 by the forces under Mr Genl. Sir R.R. Gillesp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

96. WD2980

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2980
Title:
Building in the kraton of Jogjakarta with an indecipherable inscription in pencil. Artist(s): Baker, Godfrey Phipps (1786-1850)
Scope & Content:
Probably by Captain G.P. Baker Building in the ‘kraton’ of Jogjakarta with an indecipherable inscription in pencil. c.1815. Pencil; 49 by 61 cm. Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘Sketch of the front of one’.... indecipherable. Note: A sketch, probably by Capt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

97. WD2981

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2981
Title:
'Specimen of modern Javanese architecture, a figure spouting water into a tank at one of the Sultan’s Country houses, Djocjocarta Oct 1815'. Artist(s): Baker, Godfrey Phipps (1786-1850)
Scope & Content:
Probably by Captain G.P. Baker. Stone carving, Jogjakarta, Java. 1815 Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘Specimen of modern Javanese architecture, a figure spouting water into a tank at one of the Sultan’s Country houses, Djocjocarta Oct 1815’. Pencil; 21.2 by 26...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

98. WD2982

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2982
Title:
'Another Specimen (vide the last) at another Palace Djocjocarta Oct 1815. Java'. Artist(s): Baker, Godfrey Phipps (1786-1850)
Scope & Content:
Probably by Captain G.P. Baker. Stone carving, Jogjakarta, Java. 1815 Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘Another Specimen (vide the last) at another Palace Djocjocarta Oct 1815. Java’. Pencil; 26.5 by 21.5 cm. Note: A similar drawing, probably by Captain G.P. B...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

99. WD2983

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2983
Title:
British Resident’s house, Surakarta, Java. Artist(s): Johnson, Jeremiah Martin (c.1767-1833)
Scope & Content:
Probably by Major J.M. Johnson British Resident’s house, Java. c.1815. Water-colour; 34 by 49.4 cm. Watermark: ‘Iping 1804’ Note: The water-colour depicts a collection of ill-constructed houses and huts surrounded by a low white railing fence. The Union Jack is seen flying from a flag-staf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

100. WD2984

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2984
Title:
The New Harmonie Building, Batavia, Java. Artist(s): Burgemeestre, W.O. (fl. 1814)
Scope & Content:
The New Harmonie Building, Batavia, Java. 1814. By W.O. Burgemeestre Inscribed on front in ink: ‘No.3: The West Side View of the New Society House (Harmonie) at Rijswick; on the Tana-abang Road [sic] &: the Front View of the Batavia Literary Society, in the year 1814.’ Below: ‘door W.O. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item