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WD956
- Record Id:
- 040-003282086
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003282073
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0030d1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD956
- Title:
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Album of 62 drawings of landscapes and plantation houses, Java. 1800-18. Various artists, including Horsfield and Dutch and Javanese draftsmen. Artist(s): Horsfield, Thomas (1773-1859)
- Scope & Content:
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62 drawings (60 folios) of landscapes and plantation houses, Java. 1800-18.
f.1 (2) Dutch settlement on the coast of Java.
f.2 (3) Dutch settlement on the coast of Java.
f.3 (4) Village on the coast of Java.
f.4 (5) Village on the coast of Java.
f.’5 (‘6) Village on the coast of Java.
f.6 (7) Dutch house with a formal walled garden containing a summer-house and aviary. Java.
f.7 (8) Settlement on the coast of Java.
f.8 (10) View on the coast of Java at Tuban. See also f.59 (69).
f.9 (11) Ruin with bees' nest (?) in the forest, Java.
f.10 (12) Villagers ploughing and transplanting paddy in the rice-fields in Java.
f.11 (13) View of Dutch colonial houses with long avenues, Java.
f.12 (14) Dutch colonial houses, Java.
f.13 (15) Dutch house and compound with cattle grazing outside, Java.
f.14 (16) Dutch colonial houses, Java.
f.15 (17) Dutch colonial houses, Java.
f.16 (18) Dutch mansion with classical portico, Java.
f.17 (19) 'Jagt Lust' ('Joy of the Chase'), the house of Engelhard, Dutch Governor of the East Coast, Java.
f.18 (20) Dutch house on a river in Java.
f.19 (21) Temple of Singasari (E. Java).
Inscribed on front in pencil in Dutch. Translation: ‘The Temple of Singa-sari, 8 paalen from Malang above Surabaya, completely in the dense jungle.’
f.19v (22) A bridge across the river at Ladok (Java). A European (perhaps Horsfield) sketching and some of his men bathing.
Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘In the forest of Ladok.’
f.20 (23) Another version of previous drawing.
f.21 (24) Chandi Jabung (E. Java).
f.22 (25) Dutch settlement in E. Java.
f.23 (26) Village market, Java.
f.24 (27) Two Europeans crossing a river with their party, Java.
f.25 (28) Mountain in E. Java.
f.26 (29) Two Dutch officers seated on a dais with a Javanese royal couple. Europeans to the left of the dais and Javanese to the right.
Duplicate of Mss Eur F54, f.4.
f.27 (30) Chinese house in Java.
f.28 (31) Panorama of the coast of Java.
Inscribed on front in pencil with names of villages, e.g. ‘Jepan, Jawangnujar,’ etc.
f.29 (32) Landscape with mountains, Java.
f.30 (33) Coast scene, Java.
f.31 (34) Landscape in Java.
Inscribed in Dutch in pencil with colours indicated.
f.32 (36) View of Japara (Central Java).
f.33 (37) Tomb, perhaps of the Giris near Gresik (E. Java).
f.34 (38) Tomb, perhaps of the Giris near Gresik (E. Java).
f.35 (42) Dutch house with bell-tower, Java.
For another view of the same house, see f.40 (47).
f.36 (43) Dutch house, with two sentry boxes outside; 'river' and 'mountain' in background, Java.
f.37 (44) Dutch house, Java.
f.38 (45) Dutch house with avenue and lamp-posts, Java.
Inscribed on picture in Dutch in pencil. Translation: ‘White Sand, Palm Leaf.’
f.39 (46) Dutch mansion, perhaps van der Parra's, Java.
For another view, see f.51 (59).
f.40 (47) Dutch house with bell-tower, Java. Another view of f.35 (42).
f.41 (48) Dutch house with red roof, Java.
f.42 (49) Dutch house with red roof, Java. Another view of f.41 (48).
f.43 (50) Dutch colonial house, Java.
f.44 (51) Dutch colonial house, Java.
f.45 (52) Dutch house named 'Joy and Rest', Java.
Inscribed on picture in Dutch in pencil. Translation: ‘Straw yellow with white,’ etc; gate posts inscribed: ‘Lust en Rust.’
f.46 (53) Dutch house with palm avenue, Java.
f.47 (54) Village at the foot of a mountain, Java.
f.47 (55) Village near mountains, Java.
f.48 (56) Country house of the Commandant with office and boatman's house, Pasuruan (E. Java).
Inscribed on front in pencil in Dutch. Translation: ‘The Country House Pasuruan - the House of the Commandant with the office and the Boatman's hosue. Rice field, road to the Chinese quarter, clipped Saboe trees, tamarind tree.’
f.49 (57) Mountain in Java.
Inscribed on front in pencil with notes in Dutch. Translation: ‘sugar cane, thick forest with great trees, baked brick’, etc.
f.50 (58) Brick-making on the banks of the Solo River (E. Java); boats moored to the bank.
Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Riv: of Solo.’
f.51 (59) Dutch mansion, perhaps de Parra's house, Java. For another view, see f.39 (46).
f.52 (60) View of Surabaya (E. Java).
Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Sorabaya.’
f.53 (61) Landscape with Dutch houses at Sumenep (Madura).
Inscribed on front in pencil in Dutch. Translation: ‘The Mountain Asta on Sumenep. This whole mountain is a rock of coral, white and brittle and when it is bare, black.’
f.54 (62) Village with stockade below a hill, Java.
Inscribed on front in pencil: ‘Sooarooa.’
f.55 (64) Entrance to a fortified factory with a draw-bridge, Java.
Inscribed on front with notes in ink in Dutch. Translation: ‘Kitchen, Godown,’ etc.
f.56 (65) The town of Gresik (E. Java) with Dutch flags on the flagstaffs and ships in the foreground.
f.57 (66) A European with two Javanese attendants looking at a colonial house.
Inscribed on front with notes in pencil in Dutch. Translation: ‘All the window frames, doors and railing in Persian red with iron bars,’ etc.
f.58 (67) Fortress surrounded with a moat; hills in the distance, Java.
f.59 (69) View of the Tuban country (E. Java).
Inscribed on front in ink in Dutch. Translation: ‘A view of the country Tuban from the Mountain Tenger near the Tomb of Kiay Boegoeangan’; villages also marked.
f.60 (70) Sketch of a Dutch house with enclosed garden, Java.
Inscribed on front in ink with notes in Dutch. Translation: ‘Palm leaf. Bamboo fence, etc.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Horsfield Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003282073
040-003282086 - Is part of:
- WD526-537, WD956-958 : HORSFIELD COLLECTION. HORSFIELD, THOMAS (1773-1859) Thomas Horsfield, an American by birth, went to Java in 1802 as a surgeon…
WD956 : Album of 62 drawings of landscapes and plantation houses, Java. 1800-18. Various artists, including Horsfield and Dutch and Javanese… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003282073[0013]/040-003282086
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD526-537, WD956-958
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1818
- Date Range:
- 1800-1818
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pencil; pen-and-ink; watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Horsfield, Thomas, 1773-1859
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Houses
topographical views