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Tea visit in a European house in Batavia
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Coloured drawing of two women flanked by enslaved women in a living room in Batavia. The European woman on the right, dressed in a japon, is visiting the mestizo woman dressed in a kebaja, Southeast Asian dress. The squatting woman on the left holds a betel box open. In the background more staff. Part of the sketchbook of Jan Brandes, vol. 2 (1808), p. 23.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineTheevisite in een Europees huis in Batavia. 1779-01-23 - 1785-08-26. Jan Brandes. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.