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101. Photo 1224/4(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(22)
Title:
Batavia [Jakarta]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
This photograph shows the Molenvliet canal from the southern end, looking north. Molenvliet West (Jalan Gajah Mada) is on the left and Molenvliet Oost (Jalan Hayam Wuruk) is on the right. At that time, there was no access from Molenvliet Oost to Noordwijk (Jalan Juanda) because the corner site (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

102. Photo 1224/4(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(23)
Title:
Batavia [Jakarta]. Gang Scott [Jalan Budi Kemuliaan]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
General view of the Gang Scot (Jalan Budi Kemuliaan) a popular residential area for the well to do in the 1860s and 1870s. Named after an Englishman, Robert Scot, who was acting harbourmaster in Semarang before arriving in Batavia in 1820. Information from Scott Merrillees, Batavia in Nineteenth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c May 1863
Extent:
1 item

103. Photo 1224/4(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(25)
Title:
Batavia [Jakarta].Chinese Camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
'This photograph was taken from the bridge which connects what is now Jalan Asemka to Jalan Pintu Kecil and is looking in a southerly direction. Around the bend in the river on the left are the Toko Tiga and Pancoran areas. On the left-hand side, where houses stand on the edge of the river, the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

104. Photo 1224/4(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(26)
Title:
Java. Chinese camp. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
General view towards southern end of the Pintu Kecil district. This photograph would have been taken from the corner of Jalan Pintu Kecil bending around to the left towards Jalan Toko Tiga. The name 'Pintu Kecil' means 'small door' or 'small gate' in Indonesian, and was derived from a gate that ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

105. Photo 1224/4(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(35)
Title:
Java. Rhaden [Raden] Saleh (Native Prince). Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio portrait of the Javanese artist Raden Saleh, seated on a chair carved in gothic style, his right arm resting on a table and holding an open book. He wears a richly decorated jacket and turban. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to Woodbury and Page.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

106. Photo 1224/4(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(36)
Title:
Java. Rhaden Saleh's wife. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length seated portrait of a woman identified as the wife of the artist Raden Saleh (see Photo 1224/4(35)), her arm resting on a table, and with a female attendant seated on the floor beside her. Photograph unsigned, but attributed to Woodbury and Page.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1867-1872
Extent:
1 item

107. Photo 1224/4(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(39)
Title:
Batavian Dancing Girl. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Full-length studio group portrait of a woman in costume, with musicians seated around her. This particular group played wayang topeng, one of the traditional varieties of Javanese theatre, in which the players performed roles while wearing topeng or masks made out of wood. Such groups usually d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1872
Extent:
1 item

108. Photo 1224/4(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(41)
Title:
Java. Painting Sarongs. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Men and women at work in the roadway in front of a house. 'Production of kain batik on K. F.Holle's plantation Waspada near Garut. Traditionally the wax design was carefully applied to the cloth by female workers with a specially designed pen.' (Steven Wachlin, Woodbury and Page (KITLV Press, L...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1874
Extent:
1 item

109. Photo 1224/4(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(43)
Title:
Java. Painting Sarongs. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Women at work on batik pieces on the verandah of a house. 'Production of kain batik on K .F.Holle's plantation Waspada near Garut. Kain means cloth, while batik refers to a traditional technique of painting textile.' (Steven Wachlin, Woodbury and Page (KITLV Press, Leiden, 1994), p. 98). Photog...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870-1874
Extent:
1 item

110. Photo 1224/4(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(44)
Title:
Execution at Batavia [Jakarta]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
'Execution of the eight so-called Tambun murderers in Bekasi on 24 August 1870. These men were sentenced to death for the murder of a number of people, among them the Assistant-Resident of Meester Cornelis, now Jatinegara, E. R. J. C.de Kuijper, on 2 April 1869. Although the attempt at rebellion...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
24th August 1870
Extent:
1 item