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Background imageSketch Collection: Dhoni, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Dhoni, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Dhoni, fishing boats in the Bay of Galle, 1786. The different types of fishing boats used by the inhabitants of Ceylon. With various inscriptions. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p

Background imageSketch Collection: Ants and rice, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Ants and rice, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Ants and rice, 1786. White ants from Batavia, ants from Cape of Good Hope. Ears of rice, leaves and plant. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 56

Background imageSketch Collection: Tea party in a European house in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Tea party in a European house in Batavia, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Tea party in a European house in Batavia, 1779-1785. The European woman, seated on the right, is visiting the meztizo woman wearing a kebaja, (Southeast Asian dress)

Background imageSketch Collection: Pigs without hind legs, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Pigs without hind legs, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pigs without hind legs, 1785. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 73

Background imageSketch Collection: Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Pigs without hind legs at a trough, 1785. Two pigs eating from a trough. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 75

Background imageSketch Collection: Rice bird and Javanese quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Rice bird and Javanese quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Rice bird and Javanese quail, 1785. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 161

Background imageSketch Collection: Javanese Pantomime called Toping, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese Pantomime called Toping, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese Pantomime called Toping, 1779-1785. Three Javanese dancers, seated musicians and spectators in an open-sided bamboo building in Batavia. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl

Background imageSketch Collection: Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands, and Fish, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands, and Fish, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Coastal profiles of the Canary Islands, and Fish, 1778. The islands of Tenerife, Madera, Porto Santo and Bona Sesta. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 172-173

Background imageSketch Collection: Terrace with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Terrace with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Terrace with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, , 1784. Veranda at the house of the draftsman Jan Brandes with two chairs

Background imageSketch Collection: Living room with son Jantje and Flora, an enslaved woman, near a spinning wheel, 1784

Living room with son Jantje and Flora, an enslaved woman, near a spinning wheel, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Living room with son Jantje and Flora, an enslaved woman, near a spinning wheel, 1784. The living room of the house of the draftsman Jan Brandes. His son Jantje holds

Background imageSketch Collection: Mangosteen, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Mangosteen, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Mangosteen, 1784. Leaf, branch and tree of the Indonesian fruit Manggistan. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 164 and see also p. 163

Background imageSketch Collection: Inn or hunting lodge on the Montferberg, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Inn or hunting lodge on the Montferberg, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Inn or hunting lodge on the Montferberg, 1770-1778. Half-timbered building with thatched roof and vegetable garden, near Doetinchem. Two covered wagons. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Bird's eye view of elephant corral, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Bird's eye view of elephant corral, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Bird's eye view of elephant corral, 1785. Huge trap and all the fences in which elephants were caught. No. 1 in the series about the elephant catch. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Javanese auxiliary troops of the Company, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese auxiliary troops of the Company, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese auxiliary troops of the Company, 1779-1785. General and the officers in the foreground and in the background the soldiers of the VOC in Batavia. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Bedroom of the draftsman Jan Brandes with a bed and mosquito net, long-case clock and tricorne

Background imageSketch Collection: Javanese butterflies, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese butterflies, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese butterflies, 1784. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 143

Background imageSketch Collection: Javanese butterflies, 1784-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese butterflies, 1784-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese butterflies, 1784-1785. Javanese butterflies and moths. On scale. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 145

Background imageSketch Collection: Journey from Falmouth to Truro, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Journey from Falmouth to Truro, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Journey from Falmouth to Truro, 1778. Riders and carriages in a rolling south English landscape. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 65 and see part 2, p. 81-82

Background imageSketch Collection: Javanese flower Cambang Matjang, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese flower Cambang Matjang, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese flower Cambang Matjang, 1784. Shoots with flowers that occur on Java. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 169

Background imageSketch Collection: View of Gelderland at Doetinchem, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

View of Gelderland at Doetinchem, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
View of Gelderland at Doetinchem, 1770-1778. Rolling landscape with a vegetable garden. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 19

Background imageSketch Collection: Javanese Ronggeng dancers, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javanese Ronggeng dancers, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javanese Ronggeng dancers, 1779-1785. Male and female dancers and musicians. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 100

Background imageSketch Collection: Methods for making Sirih, 1783. Creator: Jan Brandes

Methods for making Sirih, 1783. Creator: Jan Brandes
Methods for making Sirih, 1783. Ingredients. The areca or betelnut, Gambergom and various ways of folding the betel leaf. Blossom branch of a pinang tree. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Still life with fruit, knife and pencil. 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Still life with fruit, knife and pencil. 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Still life with fruit, knife and pencil. 1779-1785. A lemon and probably a wild serikaja, a sugar apple or sweetsop (part 1, p. 55). Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 17

Background imageSketch Collection: Four women at a table during a trip to Falmouth, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Four women at a table during a trip to Falmouth, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Four women at a table during a trip to Falmouth, 1778. Women visible from the waist up. Guests at a dinner whose table arrangement is drawn on the back of this sheet

Background imageSketch Collection: Grasshopper, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Grasshopper, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Grasshopper, 1784. Indonesian grasshopper. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 35

Background imageSketch Collection: Side view of a church, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II

Side view of a church, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II
Side view of a church, 1822-1893

Background imageSketch Collection: Minjawa or iguana, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Minjawa or iguana, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Minjawa or iguana, 1784. Iguana, seen from above. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 149

Background imageSketch Collection: Houses on a quay, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II

Houses on a quay, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II
Houses on a quay, 1822-1893

Background imageSketch Collection: Exterior of churches and church towers, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II

Exterior of churches and church towers, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II
Exterior of churches and church towers, 1822-1893

Background imageSketch Collection: Wild elephant bound between trees, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Wild elephant bound between trees, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Wild elephant bound between trees, 1785. Indian elephant tied with ropes to two trees and a Singalese with spear. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 141

Background imageSketch Collection: Exterior of a church, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II

Exterior of a church, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II
Exterior of a church, 1822-1893

Background imageSketch Collection: West Indiaman, 1779-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes

West Indiaman, 1779-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
West Indiaman, 1779-1787. WIC ship of approx. 100 feet on calm sea. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 56

Background imageSketch Collection: Handcart and barn, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II

Handcart and barn, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost II
Handcart and barn, 1822-1893

Background imageSketch Collection: Brandes house and estate outside Batavia, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Brandes house and estate outside Batavia, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Brandes house and estate outside Batavia, 1785. Large house with outbuildings and stables and adjacent country in which Brandes lived from 7 June 1780 until his departure from Batavia 26 August 1785

Background imageSketch Collection: East Indiaman at anchor, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

East Indiaman at anchor, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
East Indiaman at anchor, 1785. VOC (Dutch East India Company) ship of approximately 150 feet with a barge alongside. The draftsman has indicated the proportions with pencil

Background imageSketch Collection: Falmouth quay, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

Falmouth quay, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
Falmouth quay, 1778. Houses and rolling rising green coast. The drawing was made from the anchored East Indies ship Holland'. A sloop sails people to the shore. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Butterflies from Java, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Butterflies from Java, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Butterflies from Java, 1784. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 137

Background imageSketch Collection: Butterflies from Java, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Butterflies from Java, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Butterflies from Java, 1785. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 139

Background imageSketch Collection: House in the port of Falmouth, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes

House in the port of Falmouth, 1778. Creator: Jan Brandes
House in the port of Falmouth, 1778. Houses by the sea against a background of a steep green coast. The drawing was made from the anchored East Indies ship Holland'. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Elephant stable, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Elephant stable, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Elephant stable, 1786. Newly caught elephant in a bamboo framework between two trees. The head of the elephant is sewn on the paper with string so that it can turn. With inscription. No

Background imageSketch Collection: Cape Mole, 1786-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes

Cape Mole, 1786-1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
Cape Mole, 1786-1787. Mole with open mouth, that occurs on the Cape of Good Hope. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 95

Background imageSketch Collection: Crane, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Crane, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Crane, 1784. Crane, side view, as tall as an Indonesian. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 153

Background imageSketch Collection: Javan quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Javan quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javan quail, 1785. Male quail, side view. With inscription describing the whistling of the quail. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 141

Background imageSketch Collection: Land and water lizard, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Land and water lizard, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Land and water lizard, 1785. Lizard that occurs in Java, seen diagonally from above. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 173

Background imageSketch Collection: Lizard and Tjitjak, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Lizard and Tjitjak, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Lizard and Tjitjak, 1784. Lizard and a Tjitjak or house gekko, seen diagonally from above. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 147 and see also, p. 36

Background imageSketch Collection: Tokay (Gekko gecko), 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Tokay (Gekko gecko), 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Tokay (Gekko gecko), 1784. Javanese tokeh or house lizard. Seen diagonally from above. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 157

Background imageSketch Collection: Sciurus plantani (Plantain squirrel), 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes

Sciurus plantani (Plantain squirrel), 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Sciurus plantani (Plantain squirrel), 1784. Javanese squirrel or coconut rat sitting on a palm branch against a background with coconut palms and flying squirrels. With inscription

Background imageSketch Collection: Poedak, Javanese flower, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes

Poedak, Javanese flower, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Poedak, Javanese flower, 1785. With dimensions and inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 165



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