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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Views of Southeast Asia
Creator:
Woodbury & Page
Identifier/Call Number: 98.R.2
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/634
Physical Description:
38 photographic prints
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-circa 1910
Abstract: The collection of photographs contains views of archaeological sites, ruins,
temples, stupas, and landscapes, as well as portraits of local and European residents in Southeast Asia.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 38 photographs, either albumen or gelatin silver prints, of archaeological sites, ruins, temples,
stupas, and landscapes, as
well as portraits of local and European residents in Southeast Asia.
Among the views of sites and monuments are the Buddhist ruins of Borobudur, Prambanan, Mendut, and Wringin Lawang in Central
and East Java. Five
photographs are annotated "Angier Java," but are mostly likely of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. There is one view of the Golden
Palace Monastery in Myanmar
(formerly Burma), one of a temple at Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya in Thailand, and eight unidentified temples, stupas, and relief
sculptures. Photographs of
Java include two views of the mountain village of Tosari, one of the Tengger caldera, showing the smoking volcanoes Bromo
and Semeru, and views of the
aloon-aloon, or city square, and the Mas river in Surabaya. Portraits include a Thai (?) ruler wearing a tall crown and a
priest holding a staff topped
by a petaled mandala-like ornament.
Some items have brief English annotations written on the mount or verso in an unidentifed nineteenth-century hand. These have
been used as titles for
the photographs. Consequently, some titles may include language now considered to be racist or biased.
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library
and Information Resources
(CLIR).
Views of Southeast Asia, circa 1870-circa 1910, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 98.R.2
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa98r2
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Views of Southeast Asia. Further arranged by cataloger by geographical location or
site.
The photographs in this collection were taken in Southeast Asia by various photographers, known and unknown, between 1870
and 1910. Four of the
photographs are attributed to or blindstamped by Woodbury & Page. The young Englishmen Walter B. (Bentley) Woodbury (1834-1885)
and James Page
(1835-1865) met while seeking their fortunes in the Australian gold rush of the 1850s. In 1857, they traveled to Java and
opened the Woodbury & Page
portrait studio in Weltevreden, Batavia (now Jakarta). Although Page returned to England in 1860, and Woodbury returned in
1864, the firm Woodbury &
Page existed in Java until 1901, run first by Woodbury's younger brothers (Henry James and Albert), and later by Adolf Groth.
Woodbury's career in
photography continued after his return to England. He is best known for inventing the Woodburytype process (photo-relief printing).
Three photographs
are attributed to Kassian Cephas (1845-1912), the first native Javanese professional photographer. 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 for Linguistics and Anthropology (Leiden)
and the Archaeological
Union of Yogyakarta, which commissioned his photographic campaigns at Prambanam and Borobudur.
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Acquired in 1998.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Buddhist temples -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city)
Cambodia -- Description and travel
Trowulan (Indonesia) -- Antiquities
Angkor Wat (Angkor)
Southeast Asia -- Antiquities
Southeast Asia -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Prambanan (Indonesia) -- Antiquities
Singapore -- Description and travel
Tengger Mountains (Indonesia) -- Description and travel
Thailand -- Description and travel
Southeast Asia -- Description and travel
Southeast Asia -- Kings and rulers
Mendut (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Monuments -- Southeast Asia
Buddhist priests -- Southeast Asia
Sculpture, Javanese
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Thailand) -- Antiquities
Java (Indonesia) -- Antiquities
Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Mya Nan San Kyaw (Mandalay, Burma)
Gelatin silver prints -- Southeast Asia -- 19th century
Albumen prints -- Southeast Asia -- 19th century
Sculpture, Khmer -- Cambodia -- Angkor (Extinct city)
Buddhist temples -- Indonesia
Buddhist temples -- Southeast Asia
Volcanoes -- Indonesia
Cephas, Kassian, 1845-1912