Title
Untitled
Year/Period
c. 1890 to 1936
Region
Indonesia, Surabaya
Object Type
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 17.0 x 11.0 cm,
Object size: (Mount) 16.5 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm,
Image size: 15.0 x 10.2 cm
Object size: (Mount) 16.5 x 10.5 x 0.1 cm,
Image size: 15.0 x 10.2 cm
Accession No.
2020-00146
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This studio portrait in cabinet card format shows a man wearing Chinese robes in the style of a scholar-official. A rank badge is affixed to the front of his robes. Embossed on the mounting board is the studio mark: N.V. Photografisch Atelier O. Kurkdjian, Soerabaia, JavaBorn in Armenia, Ohannes Kurkdjian (1851–1903) arrived in Java in 1886 and opened his studio in Surabaya in 1890. In addition to portraits, the studio also produced images of landscapes, still lifes, and ethnographic scenes. His photographs were popular with tourists and the Dutch colonial government. In 1898, the firm presented an album of photographs to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and in 1902 received a Royal Warrant in return.
