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Zoo, Portraits and Wajang Topeng
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Album page with six photos. Centrally a view of the entrance to the Plant and Animal Garden (founded in 1864) in Batavia. Above three studio portraits of Javanese men, at the bottom two photos of a dancer with musicians of wajang topeng. Part of the second green photo album with photos of Java, from the collection of pharmacist Specht-Grijp, who returned to the Netherlands from Batavia in 1865.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDierentuin, portretten en Wajang Topeng. 1864 - 1866. Woodbury & Page. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.