A book of really gorgeous lithographic plates by Aguste Van Pers made in the 19th century of Java under Dutch Rule. Download a B/W book
A Treatise on Fortune Telling, 1844 Saw this series of images from before 1844, from a Thai manuscript based off Chinese astrology. Found them here
Following up on depictions of Southeast Asia by other sources other than the West. Here are some Japanese prints I’ve found online. For some context:
The two volumes of The History of Java (1817) are attributed to/written by Stamford Raffles. For some background, Raffles is recognized as the founder of
Carl Alfred Bock (17 September 1849 – 10 August 1932) was a Norwegian government official, author, naturalist and explorer who spent sometime in the 1880s
Frank Marryat was a sailor, artist and author. The particular book I’m highlighting is Borneo and the Indian Archipelago, where Frank chronicles and illustrates the
Below, a series of images from Carl Bock’s Temples and Elephants: The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration Through Upper Siam and Lao (1884). The
Huang Qing Zhi Gong Tu or Qing Imperial Illustrations of Tributary Peoples is a 18th century work by the Qing Dynasty, it is a collection
Reiseskizzen google-translates to Travel Sketches. Singapore, Malacca, Java: Reiseskizzen was published in 1866 and written by Andreas Fedor Jagor, a German ethnologist, naturalist and explorer.
“Official Dress of the Court of Annam”, a series of 54 paintings by the court painter of the last Nguyen Dynasty. Painted during a period
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