The Sunda Straits at Anjer

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The Sunda Straits at Anjer

Brandes, Jan

The Sunda Straits at Anjer.

Depicted here is a Javanese proa with a postman who fetched the post from the VOC vessel and travelled onwards over land to Batavia to deliver the post there.

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Is part of:

Anyar

Creator

Brandes, Jan (draughtsman)

Period

Jan 1779

Material

paper

Technique

watercolour

Kind

drawing

Dimension

19,5 x 31 cm19,5 x 31 cm

Number

NG-1985-7-2-59

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

Person, survey / view, ship / vessel, European, Asians, Africans & Americans

Inscription

Het Eyland Java uit de Bogt van Anger te zien

Sources and literature

Bruijn, M. de en R. Raben, The world of Jan Brandes, 1743-1808: Drawings of a Dutch traveller in Batavia, Ceylon and Southern Africa (2004)