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 33 Collections and/or Records:
The Emperor's band, Soerakarta, 1870 - 1900
241 x 193 mm. Group portrait of the gamelan or band of the Sultan of Surakarta seated on the ground in front of a bungalow with their instruments - a varied collection of gongs, drums and xylophones.
Top of the Poentjak Pass, 1870 - 1900
240 x 187 mm. View looking along the road at the summit of the pass towards a toll booth.
'Victoria Regia' - the Governor's Garden, Buitenzorg, 1870 - 1900
246 x 197 mm. View across the lake in the Government Botanical Gardens at Buitenzorg towards the Governor General's Palace, a long low building with an extended hexastyle portico projecting out towards the lake. The building is topped by a small dome and is here seen from the rear. In the lake are the pads of the lily Victoria Regia.
View from Boro Boeddho [Borobudur], 1870 - 1900
240 x 190 mm. View from the top of the Borobudur ruins looking out across jungle towards distant mountains.
View from Boro Boeddho [Borobudur], 1870 - 1900
421 x 195 mm. View from the top of the Borobudur ruins looking out across jungle towards distant mountains.
View in Java, 1870 - 1900
248 x 194 mm. View looking down onto a river with a settlement of thatched houses on the further bank and jungle beyond. Location unidentified but possibly showing the Tji Dane River at Buitenzorg [Bandar Lampung].
View near Banbeng, Java, 1870 - 1900
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.
View of Hotel Bellevue, Buitenzorg, Java, 1870 - 1900
239 x 192 mm. View from the hotel looking down onto the Tji Dane River, with dense jungle on either side. In the distance, faded almost to invisibility in this print, is Mount Salax.