Studio Portrait of seated nyonya with child

Title

Year/Period

1930s

Region

Java, Jakarta

Object Type

gelatin silver prints

Material

photographic gelatin, paper (fiber product), silver gelatin paper

Technique

gelatin silver process, mounting

Dimension

Object size: 26.9 x 19.3 x 0.2 cm,
Image size: 14.7 x 10.7 cm

Accession No.

2015-00688

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This studio portrait shows a nyonya seated with a small child standing on the right. On the verso is the studio mark of “Tjie Lan”.This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.