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Description: Een Javaansch Matroos (A Javanese sailor) Lithograph with original delicate hand colouring and shellac finish on wove (vellin) paper. Made by E. Hardouin after own design. Ernest Alfred Hardouin (French; born 1820) did not live to see the work published – he died in Batavia in 1853 (or January 1854, as stated by Haks and Maris). Author of the book: Wilhelm Leonard Ritter (1799-1862) travelled widely across the Malayan Archipelago and is regarded as one of the most prolific 19th-century writers on the Dutch East Indies.
Title: Een Javaansch Matroos
Credit: E. Hardouin (1855). Java. Tooneelen uit het leven karakterschetsen en kleederdragten van Java’s bewoners in afbeeldingen naar de natuur geteekend. Leiden: A.W. Sythoff.
Author: Book: E. Hardouin, W.L. Ritter, H.M Lange Plates: Made by Ernest Alfred Hardouin (French; born 1820, died in Batavia in 1853 or January 1854) after own design. Printed by Lemercier in Paris
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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