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Subject Architecture Name Woodbury and Page Place Java, Indonesia, Asia

1. Photo 1224/4(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(20)
Title:
Java. Batavia. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
General view across the Haven Kanaal (Harbour Canal), looking towards the ocean in the distance; with Customs offices and port administration buildings on the canal's eastern bank on the right-hand side. The white building in the centre is the Pasar Ikan (Fish Market). The photograph was taken f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

2. 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

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