Garden of the East
Garden of the East: photography in Indonesia 1850s–1940s offers the chance to see images from the last century of colonial rule in the former Dutch East Indies. It includes over two hundred photographs, albums and illustrated books from the Gallery's extensive collection of photographic art from our nearest Asian neighbour.
Featured Works of Art
Tosari
1879
not titled [two Balinese women with offerings on their heads descending temple steps]
1928
not titled [Indonesian woman and two European infants]
c. 1920
not titled [riverside tableaux, Javanese woman,man paddling boat, man with baby]
c. 1898
Published 2016
Women on road in Bali
c. 1928
Art & Artists
Referenced
Ruins of the Temple at Boro-Budur, Java
1913
not titled [male court dancers]
c. 1880-1905
Balinese dancers
1928
Tosari
1879
Tosari
c. 1879
not titled [Berg family and friends]
1911
not titled [ceremony with troops and young indigenous Timorese boy performers]
c1905-1910
Sultan of Soerakarta and family
1930
Sumatra album
c. 1900
not titled [riverside tableaux, Javanese woman,man paddling boat, man with baby]
c. 1898
Boy in sailor suit with toy dog
c. 1920s
Women on road in Bali
c. 1928
not titled [woman from Buitenzorg]
c1890
Kawa Idjen [photographer at volcano pool]
c. 1921
River scene, Java
before 1875
Serimpies, or dancing girls of the Sultano
c. 1858
not titled [Indonesian woman and two European infants]
c. 1920
Not titled [Young Javanese woman, probably in Jakarta]
c. 1885
not titled [man carrying two bundles of sticks]
c. 1888-92
not titled [portrait of two men seated]
c. 1880
not titled [man standing under arch]
1872
Borobudur
c. 1890
Plaatwerkerij en rechts smederij; gezien richting West-Oost [Sheet metal workshop and right forge seen from west-east]
1902
Kapoek klaar voor de markt [Girl in cotton factory]
1913-1919
Locomotive park of the Jatiroto II sugar factory, Lumajang, East Java
1924
Desinfecteren van de bibit
c. 1914
Volwassen riet, bemest met kunstmatige guana, betrokken van de mestfabriek, Java
c. 1914
The Goentoer from Tjipanas, Garoet, Java
1910
Boys, bamboo and bullocks
1910
Mount Lamongan and crater at dusk, East Java
1910
Balineesch dansmeisj in rust (A dancing-girl of Bali, resting)
c 1925
Strand Koeta (Beach of Koeta)
1920s
Portfolio cover for Bali
c. 1925
not titled [Dutch-Indonesian family album]
c. 1935-41
Uitbarsting Bromo [Bromo eruption]
1915
page 37: not titled [group portrait of four European men with montaged background featuring a raging river]
c. 1900-10
Formatie Mustangs [Formation of Mustangs (aircraft)]
c 1948
Volcano Smeroerom in eruption
c. 1910
Legong dancer, Bali
1928
not titled [two Balinese women with offerings on their heads descending temple steps]
1928
Temple entrance, Bali
1928
not titled [dancers in dragon costume ]
1928
Family portrait, Dutch father, Javanese? wife and Eurasian daughters
c. 1910
Dance performance, Bali
1928
