Title
Untitled
Year/Period
1910s - 1920s
Region
Surabaya, Indonesia
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 22.7 x 15.2 cm,
Image size: 13.3 x 9.3 cm
Image size: 13.3 x 9.3 cm
Accession No.
2022-00175
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This is a studio photograph showing two men and a seated woman with a baby on her lap. The backing mount bears the studio mark ‘Tham Brothers, 52. Sambongan Soerabaja’.Photography studios had been established across the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies by the 1860s, with the earliest studios being European owned. Chinese and Japanese operated studios began appearing in increasing numbers in the 1890s, and by the early 20th century, these studios almost completely dominated the industry across Southeast Asia.
