Een Javaansch Matroos, Ernest Alfred Hardouin, 1855

Een javaansch matroos (a javanese sailor) lithograph with original delicate hand colouring and shellac finish on wove (vellin) paper. Made by e. Hardouin after own design. Ernest alfred hardouin (french; born 1820) did not live to see the work published – he died in batavia in 1853 (or january 1854, as stated by haks and maris). Author of the book: wilhelm leonard ritter (1799-1862) travelled widely across the malayan archipelago and is regarded as one of the most prolific 19th-century writers on the dutch east indies. Date: 1855.