Woodbury and Page (fl. 1858-1900) (photographers)
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 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bridge near Tjandjoer [Chainjur], Java, 1870 - 1900
241 x 195 mm. View looking along the river towards the thatched covered footbridge. With a group of Javanese posed at the water's edge in the foreground.
Crater of Papandaijan [Papandajan]. Volcano near Garoet [Garut], Java, 1870 - 1900
240 x 198 mm. View looking across the crater, with steam issuing from its mouth. Papandajan is situated some 15 miles south of Garut.
House in Sumatra, 1870 - 1900
195 x 243 mm. A view of a small but elaborately decorated Sumatran house, raised off the ground on piles and with a ladder up to the entrance set below the eaves.
Near Garoet [Garut], Java, 1870 - 1900
241 x 189 mm. View showing a roadside thatched hut, with cloud-wreathed mountains in the distance.
On the Poentjak Pass, 1870 - 1900
242 x 190 mm. View looking along scrub covered hillside towards a vertical ridge of rock. With a small building (? containing a well) and a Javanese group in the foreground.
Road to Sindanglaija, Java, 1870 - 1900
239 x 193 mm. View looking along the road which runs downhill between a deep cutting. Precise location unidentified (? possibly the further side of the Poetjak Pass).
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