Title
On back: “Gho Boen Kiet. One of the wealthiest Sourabaya merchants. October 1869”
Year/Period
1869
Region
Java, Surabaya
Dimension
Frame size: 22.7 x 27.5 x 3.3 cm,
Image size: 10.5 x 6.5 cm
Image size: 10.5 x 6.5 cm
Accession No.
2018-00134
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This carte de visite shows a portrait of Gho Boen Keil. The studio mark of J. B. Jasper is stamped on the back of the carte. Studios were already established across the Strait Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1840s and became increasingly prevalent in the 1850s. During the 1920s, Chinese-owned studios dominated the studio photography trade in Southeast Asia.
