mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Bedroom with son Jantje and Bietja, an enslaved girl, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesBedroom 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
Javanese butterflies, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesJavanese butterflies, 1784. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 143
Javanese butterflies, 1784-1785. Creator: Jan BrandesJavanese butterflies, 1784-1785. Javanese butterflies and moths. On scale. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 145
Journey from Falmouth to Truro, 1778. Creator: Jan BrandesJourney 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
Javanese flower Cambang Matjang, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesJavanese flower Cambang Matjang, 1784. Shoots with flowers that occur on Java. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 169
View of Gelderland at Doetinchem, 1770-1778. Creator: Jan BrandesView of Gelderland at Doetinchem, 1770-1778. Rolling landscape with a vegetable garden. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 19
Javanese Ronggeng dancers, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan BrandesJavanese Ronggeng dancers, 1779-1785. Male and female dancers and musicians. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 100
Methods for making Sirih, 1783. Creator: Jan BrandesMethods 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
Still life with fruit, knife and pencil. 1779-1785. Creator: Jan BrandesStill 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
Four women at a table during a trip to Falmouth, 1778. Creator: Jan BrandesFour 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
Grasshopper, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesGrasshopper, 1784. Indonesian grasshopper. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 35
Side view of a church, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost IISide view of a church, 1822-1893
Minjawa or iguana, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesMinjawa or iguana, 1784. Iguana, seen from above. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 149
Houses on a quay, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost IIHouses on a quay, 1822-1893
Exterior of churches and church towers, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost IIExterior of churches and church towers, 1822-1893
Wild elephant bound between trees, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesWild 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
Exterior of a church, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost IIExterior of a church, 1822-1893
West Indiaman, 1779-1787. Creator: Jan BrandesWest Indiaman, 1779-1787. WIC ship of approx. 100 feet on calm sea. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 2 (1808), p. 56
Handcart and barn, 1822-1893. Creator: Willem Troost IIHandcart and barn, 1822-1893
Brandes house and estate outside Batavia, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesBrandes 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
East Indiaman at anchor, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesEast 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
Falmouth quay, 1778. Creator: Jan BrandesFalmouth 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
Butterflies from Java, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesButterflies from Java, 1784. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 137
Butterflies from Java, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesButterflies from Java, 1785. Javanese butterflies and moths. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 139
House in the port of Falmouth, 1778. Creator: Jan BrandesHouse 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
Elephant stable, 1786. Creator: Jan BrandesElephant 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
Cape Mole, 1786-1787. Creator: Jan BrandesCape 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
Crane, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesCrane, 1784. Crane, side view, as tall as an Indonesian. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 153
Javan quail, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesJavan quail, 1785. Male quail, side view. With inscription describing the whistling of the quail. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 141
Land and water lizard, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesLand 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
Lizard and Tjitjak, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesLizard 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
Tokay (Gekko gecko), 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesTokay (Gekko gecko), 1784. Javanese tokeh or house lizard. Seen diagonally from above. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 157
Sciurus plantani (Plantain squirrel), 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesSciurus 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
Poedak, Javanese flower, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesPoedak, Javanese flower, 1785. With dimensions and inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 165
Animals playing dice, 1770-1808. Creator: Jan BrandesAnimals playing dice, 1770-1808. Group of animals with human behaviour. In the foreground, a monkey, a boar, a hare, a cat and a dog. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 19
Table Mountain and Duiwelsberg seen from the land, 1786. Creator: Jan BrandesTable Mountain and Duiwelsberg seen from the land, 1786. Green plain with the mountain and Duijvelsberg in the distance, partially obscured by low clouds. With inscription
The flying leaf, 1778-1785. Creator: Jan BrandesThe flying leaf, 1778-1785. Leaf insects or walking leaves. The flying leaf drawn after the dried insect, If they are alive, they are completely green'. With inscription
Indonesian locusts, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesIndonesian locusts, 1784. A green and a black grasshopper. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 37
Boannona or wild serikaja, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesBoannona or wild serikaja, 1785. Annonae reticulatae fructus - Boa nonna'. Custard apple. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 55
Durian, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesDurian, 1784. Stone and fruit with section removed. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 129
Durian leaf, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesDurian leaf, 1785. Leaf and branch. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 130
Man with a beard, walking stick and top hat, in profile to the left, 1944. Creator: Samuel Jessurun de MesquitaMan with a beard, walking stick and top hat, in profile to the left, 1944. He breathes out a cloud or smoke that has the shape of his own head. On the right is another man
Anthropomorphic figure with a harlequin hat under an arc, 1944. Creator: Samuel Jessurun de MesquitaAnthropomorphic figure with a harlequin hat under an arc, 1944
Javanese and Swedish butterflies, 1785-1806. Creator: Jan BrandesJavanese and Swedish butterflies, 1785-1806. Butterfly from Java and two Swedish butterflies. With inscription and dates: 21 May 1785, 22 August 1802 and 8 February 1806
Langsat, a Javanese fruit, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesLangsat, a Javanese fruit, 1785. Branch of berries, one berry cut in half, and seed or stone.. On scale. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 171
Mangosteen, 1784. Creator: Jan BrandesMangosteen, 1784. Indonesian fruit. Two whole fruits and one cut in half. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 163
Small bird on branch, 1785. Creator: Jan BrandesSmall bird on branch, 1785. Bee-eater from Batavia (Dutch East Indies). With inscription. (Certhia viridis or Merops viridis?) Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 63
Arbours, c.1850. Creator: Petrus Josephus Hubertus CuypersArbours, c.1850