Gezichten van Java Album with red leather binding, smooth spine and embossed decorations on front and rear. Rectangular adornment band with geometric figures; decorations and inscription "Faces of Java" on front embossed in gold. Front and rear end leaves of white glossy paper with horizontal wave structure. The album contains 25 white sheets thick, gilt edges, with a total of 75 pictures. Each sheet has on the front a big picture and on the back two small pictures. Images on the big picture: buildings, street scenes, faces water (at quay etc.) and landscapes in Java and especially in and arou
Gezichten van Java Album with red leather binding, smooth spine and embossed decorations on front and rear. Rectangular adornment band with geometric figures; decorations and inscription "Faces of Java" on front embossed in gold. Front and rear end leaves of white glossy paper with horizontal wave structure. The album contains 25 white sheets thick, gilt edges, with a total of 75 pictures. Each sheet has on the front a big picture and on the back two small pictures. Images on the big picture: buildings, street scenes, faces water (at quay etc.) and landscapes in Java and especially in and around Batavia. On the flip side of the blades are small pictures pasted portraits of native princes and types, alone or in groups, in traditional dress. Also crafts like wea and some still lifes with fruit and siervoorwerpen. Manufacturer : Photographer: Woodbury & Page Place manufacture: Batavia Dating: ca. 1865 - ca. 1890 Material: leather paper textiles paper Technique: albumen print / bookbinding dimensions: album: h cm. B × 37 cm. B × 75 cm. (Open Beaten.) × d cm. Explanation Dutch presence is especially evident in buildings. This album is an example of the voyage souvenir, keepsake official or otherwise, of India; hence pictures of some well-known hotels and stopping and natives in traditional dracht. Date 1865 - 1890
Size: 1826px × 1368px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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