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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1224 Name Woodbury and Page

11. 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

12. 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