Faces of Java, Woodbury & Page, c. 1865 - c. 1890 Album with red leather band, smooth back and tasted decorations on the front and back. Rectangular tire decoration with geometric figures; Decorations and inscription 'Faces of Java' on the front in gold. Front and rear bracts of white shiny paper with horizontal wave structure. The album contains 25 thick white sheets, gold on cut, with a total of 75 photos. Each leaf has a large photo on the front and 2 small photos on the downside. Images on the large photos: buildings, street faces, water faces (on quay etc.) and landscapes in Java and esp
Faces of Java, Woodbury & Page, c. 1865 - c. 1890 Album with red leather band, smooth back and tasted decorations on the front and back. Rectangular tire decoration with geometric figures; Decorations and inscription 'Faces of Java' on the front in gold. Front and rear bracts of white shiny paper with horizontal wave structure. The album contains 25 thick white sheets, gold on cut, with a total of 75 photos. Each leaf has a large photo on the front and 2 small photos on the downside. Images on the large photos: buildings, street faces, water faces (on quay etc.) and landscapes in Java and especially in and around Batavia. On the reverse of the magazines, small photos are stuck with portraits of Javanese princes and people who live and work on Java, alone or in groups, in traditional gestation. Also crafts such as weaving and some still lifes with fruit and decorative objects. Batavia leather. paper. textile materials. photographic support albumen print Java. Batavia
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