Who was Berthe Hoola van Nooten?

A Dutch botanical artist who lived in Batavia and published Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'île de Java in 1863 to 1864. Its chromolithographs are among the most admired botanical prints of the 19th century.

What are the sugarcane plates?

Chromolithographs of the cane varieties grown in Java, published in 1892, each with the Javanese name of the variety (Teboe means sugarcane).

Collection

Flora and Fauna

Natural history of the Indies: Berthe Hoola van Nooten's chromolithographs of the fruits and flowers of Java, the sugarcane varieties of 1892, the spices that drew the Dutch east, the ferns of Java, and the insects, birds and crabs of the Midden-Sumatra expedition.

1 sheet

By islandJava 40 Sumatra 17 Borneo 1 Moluccas 2 Lesser Sunda 1 New Guinea 2

By periodThe spice race 7 The Company 11 Raffles to the Cultivation System 29 Netherlands Indies 74

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Flora and Fauna · Lesser Sunda

Old Hand-Colored Print of a Big Lipped Bear and Bali-Collared Soar or Hog Badger

1845 · 17 × 26.5 cm€240