Album (32.5 x 43.5 cm), with 108 original photographs in albumen print mounted on original studio cardboard, manuscript captions in English. With 30 large photos (19 x 24 cm) of views of Batavia and Java with buildings, landscapes, etc all signed in ink by Woodbury and Page (Batalvia) and 78 small photogr. (9.5 x 5.5 cm) with portraits in different settings. Some are splendidly dressed in traditional costume and staged in a traditional manner, with draped tools and other utensils in an everyday scene. Binding is broken and has no back. Photographs in very fine condition
The Photostudio Woodbury and Page was founded in 1857 by the two Englishmen Walter Bentley Woodbury and James Page in Batavia (now Jakarta). Later, the two younger brothers Henry James and Albert Woodbury also joined the business. In addition to creating classic studio portraits, Woodbury and Page also travelled through the Dutch East Indies, photographing a range of subjects, including royalty, folk, genre scenes and landscapes. In addition to being an avid photographer, Woodbury was also famous for inventing a photo developing technique, patented as the Woodburytype on September 23, 1864. He filed no fewer than 20 patents between 1864 and 1884 and was called the ""Einstein of photography"" by his colleagues
