Lot 242
  • 242

NIEUWENHUIS, AND OTHERS?, A COLLECTION OF 27 PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA. [C.1890S]

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 27 photographs of Sumatra, Indonesia. [c.1890s] 
27 albumen prints (205 x 275m., average size), corner mounted in thick card, all but one recto and verso, Dutch manuscript descriptive labels, minor creasing and fading

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

The collection includes 2 portraits and 25 views (including Padang). Nieuwenhuis (1863-1922) was a photographer in the Dutch East Indies. He was born in Amsterdam in 1863 and his original surname was Niewenhuis. He volunteered for the militia in Batavia, Java in 1883, and left the army in 1890. He left for Padang on West-Sumatra where he founded his own photo studio in February 1891.