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Photo, Print, Drawing Pendopo of the Palace of the Mangkoenagoro of Surakarta. Pendopo van het paleis van de Mangkoenagoro van Soerakarta

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Title

  • Pendopo of the Palace of the Mangkoenagoro of Surakarta.

Other Title

  • Pendopo van het paleis van de Mangkoenagoro van Soerakarta

Summary

  • This photograph shows the pendopo of the palace of the Mangkunegaran dynasty in Surakarta. The pendopo, a large open-air pavilion built on columns, is a crucial element of Javanese architecture. It is open on all sides and provides shelter from sun and rain, but allows breezes to enter. Mangkunegara was established as a small principality with a hereditary ruler in the center of Surakarta in 1757, following the breakup of the area's main kingdom, Mataram, as part of the divide-and-conquer policy practiced by the Dutch in Java. The photograph was taken by the firm of Woodbury & Page, which was established in 1857 by the British photographers Walter Bentley Woodbury and James Page, and specialized in portraits, ethnographic images, and photographs of life in the Dutch East Indies. The photograph is from the collections of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden.

Names

  • Page, James Photographer.
  • Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley), 1834-1885 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • Batavia : Woodbury & Page, 1880.

Headings

  • -  Indonesia--Surakarta
  • -  1880
  • -  Castles and palaces
  • -  Sultanates

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 17.5 x 34 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and the Caribbean Studies KITLV.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669840

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Page, James Photographer, and Walter B Woodbury. Pendopo of the Palace of the Mangkoenagoro of Surakarta. Surakarta Indonesia, 1880. Batavia: Woodbury & Page. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669840/.

APA citation style:

Page, J. P. & Woodbury, W. B. (1880) Pendopo of the Palace of the Mangkoenagoro of Surakarta. Surakarta Indonesia, 1880. Batavia: Woodbury & Page. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669840/.

MLA citation style:

Page, James Photographer, and Walter B Woodbury. Pendopo of the Palace of the Mangkoenagoro of Surakarta. Batavia: Woodbury & Page. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669840/>.