Tag: Java

Heading off to the South Seas, making sure to send back pictures to make everyone back home wish they were there. Imagery from “Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles: particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824,” published in 1830 by his widow, Lady Sophia (Hull) Raffles. Raffles Hotel with its Singapore Slings is named for him.

View of Singapore Town and Harbour taken from the Government Hill. 1830. British. Panoramic aquatint that appeared in Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stafford Raffles. Attributed to William Daniell (1769-1837). Image © 2025 Geographicus Rare Antique Maps. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/SingaporeView-daniellwilliam-1830 it appears in the book on page 560- right here https://archive.org/details/memoiroflifepubl00raff/page/n560/mode/1up
View of the Peaks near Anjer in the Bantam province of Java, with the monument erected in memory of the Right Honourable Lord Cathcart by Sir Stamford Raffles, taken from the Residency of the Fort of Anjer. Page 172 from Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles: particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824, which was edited by Lady Sophia (Hull) Raffles, widow of Sir Thomas. Printed and published in London in 1830. Princeton Theological Seminary Library Collections. via The Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/memoiroflifepubl00raff/page/n172/mode/1up
View of Gunung Saluk, near Buitenzorg (I think). Page 253 from Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles: particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824, which was edited by Lady Sophia (Hull) Raffles, widow of Sir Thomas. Printed and published in London in 1830. Princeton Theological Seminary Library Collections. via The Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/memoiroflifepubl00raff/page/n253/mode/1up
Rafflesia arnoldii (corpse lily). Page 348 from Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles: particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824, which was edited by Lady Sophia (Hull) Raffles, widow of Sir Thomas. Printed and published in London in 1830. Princeton Theological Seminary Library Collections. via The Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/memoiroflifepubl00raff/page/n348/mode/1up

Javanese flowers to make your hallway look like the tsarina’s winter garden. Taken from the third edition of Madame Berthe Holla van Nooten’s 1880 work “Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisies de l’Ile de Java peints d’après nature”. Printed in Brussels by Librairie Européenne C. Muquardt. Chromolithography by P. Depannemaeker.

“Amherstia nobilis wall.” Page 20. Collections of and digitalized by the Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9710#page/20/mode/2up
“Elettaria speciosa.” Page 36. Collections of and digitalized by the Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9710#page/36/mode/2up
“Nephelium lappaceum.” Page 40. Collections of and digitalized by the Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/9710#page/40/mode/2up

Images of a Java that isn’t coming back. Romantic school. Raden Saleh, artist. Living from 1811 to 1880, he was of Arab and Javanese descent. Worked in Europe for a few decades but mostly painted in Java.

"Javanese Landscape, with Tigers Listening to the Sound of a Travelling Group." 1849.
“Javanese Landscape, with Tigers Listening to the Sound of a Travelling Group.” 1849. Oil on canvas. Sold by Christie’s in 2010. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raden_Saleh_-_Javanese_Landscape,_with_Tigers_Listening_to_the_Sound_of_a_Travelling_Group.jpg

"Javanese Temple in Ruins." 1860.
“Javanese Temple in Ruins.” 1860. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raden_Saleh_-_Javanese_Temple_in_Ruins_-_1985.66.328,263_-_Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum.jpg

"Forest and Native House." 1860. Oil on canvas.
“Forest and Native House.” 1860. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_and_Native_House_by_Raden_Saleh.jpg