[House of Major China Tan Tjong Hoay at Gedung Gula in Semarang.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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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,...
[Gunung Sahari Canal, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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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.
[Bronze statue in front of the Museum, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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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...
Native Idol, Gaga. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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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...
Baden Saleb [Raden Saleh]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Inscription: Numbered '28' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of the Javanese artist Raden Saleh (1807-1880), wearing an elaborate uniform and seated at a table with an open book. For another similar portrait of Raden Saleh, probably taken on the same occasion...
Baden Saleb's wife [Raden Saleh's wife.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Inscription: Numbered '24' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of the second wife of the Javanese artist Raden Saleh, a cousin of Sultan Hamengkubuwana VI, seated beside a small table, with an attendant seated on the floor beside her.
[Raden Saleh's house, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Inscription: Numbered '30' in pencil on mount. Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the garden of the gothic style mansion of the Javanese artist Raden Saleh. For a history of the building, which still stands (although much changed), see Scott Merrillees, 'Batavia in nineteenth c...
Native Dancing Girls [Semarang]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of children, standing in front of a mansion, in costume for a 'dancing performance at Kebun Dalem, the residence of the Majoor China Be Biauw Tjoan in Semarang. The children are dressed up in different clothing styles, however not in the style of the J...
[Wayang Topeng group, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Inscription: Numbered '51' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio group of musicians, with two performers, a man and a women, standing facing each other in front. The man is masked. The photograph is also reproduced in Steven Wachlin, 'Woodbury and Page: Photogr...
[Gamelan orchestra, Java.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
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Inscription: Numbered '46' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of a gamelan orchestra, seated with their instruments in front of a large wicker-walled, tile-roofed hut. A European man is seated on the verandah of the building in the right background.
