Object size: 16.6 x 10.9 cm
Oei Tjie Sien was the father of Oei Tiong Ham (1866–1924), arguably the most influential Peranakan in Southeast Asia in the late 19th and early 20th century. R Schütz established his studio in Semarang in 1884, having taken over the premises of another photographer. Not much is known about him, apart from the fact that he had operated the famous atelier founded by the pioneering photographer Isidore van Kinsbergen in Batavia before opening his own studio, which remained in business until the 1920s.