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Title: Kassian Cephas views of Java
Date (inclusive): 1872-1896
Number: 2002.R.40
Creator/Collector:
Cephas, Kassian,
1845-1912
Physical Description:
18 photographs
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection comprises 18 albumen
photographs of Indonesian Buddhist temples at Borobudur and Prambanam by Kassian
Cephas.
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Language: Collection material is in Dutch; Flemish
Kassian Cephas was the first professional photographer native to Java. He had a studio in
Yogyakarta and was appointed painter and photographer to the court in 1871. He was a member
of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (Leiden) and the Dutch Archaeological
Union (Archaeologische Vereeniging) of Yogyakarta, which commissioned his photographic
campaigns at Prambanam and Borobudur.
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Kassian Cephas views of Java, 1872-1896, Getty Research Institute, Accession no.
2002.R.40.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r40
Acquired in 2002.
Processed and cataloged by Beth Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant
funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Scope and Content of Collection
The 18 albumen prints in the collection show the temple at Borobudur in 1872 and from 1890
to 1891, and the Candi Lara Jonggrang temple complex at Prambanan during 1889 and 1890,
before the monuments underwent extensive restoration. The long-hidden base of Borobudur,
which had been discovered in 1885, was uncovered for the 1890-1891 photographic campaign and
then recovered to await restoration. The image of Cephas on the circular terrace at
Borobudur, and the later views of Prambanan (dated 1895 and 1896), were probably taken by
Cephas' son Sem, who was active in the family business. Also included are a view of the
western gate of the Tamansari water castle in the Kraton palace complex, and one of the main
gate of Fort Vredeburg, Yogyakarta.
Titles are devised by the cataloger unless otherwise noted. Most of the photographs have a
number and/or a Dutch caption in the negative.
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Kassian Cephas views of Java, 1872-1896.
Lara Jonggrang (Temple : Prambanan, Indonesia)
Buddhist temples -- Indonesia
Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Kraton Yogyakarta
Indonesia -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th
century
Indonesia -- Antiquities
Albumen prints -- Indonesia -- 19th century
Cephas, Kassian,
1845-1912