Woodbury and Page (fl. 1858-1900) (photographers)

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: fl. 1858 - 1900

Biography

Walter Woodbury (1834-1885) was an apprentice in a patent office in Manchester from 1849 to 1851. He went to the Australian gold fields in 1852. Woodbury took up professional photography (he invented the 'Woodburytype' process) and emigrated with James Page to Java in 1858. They established the firm of Woodbury and Page in Batavia. Woodbury returned to England in 1863, but the firm continued trading until the end of the century.

Sources:

Lee, Sidney ed. (1900), 'Dictionary of National Biography'. Volume 62. London: Smith, Elder and Co.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Item

View near Banbeng, Java, 1870 - 1900

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/44

Scope and Contents

248 x 190 mm. View looking down onto a river, with cultivated plots in the foreground, dense jungle on the farther bank and a mountain in the distance. Bandoeng or Bandung is the chief city of the Preanger Region of Western Java and is situated 75 miles east of Jakarta. It was the former headquarters of the Dutch East Indies Army.

Dates: 1870 - 1900

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Found in: Cambridge University Library / Photographs of North Africa and Asia

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Subject: Bandung (inhabited place) X