About this sheet
View of the sugar factory in Pangka Pangka sugar factory (Tegal residence, Java, Indonesia)
Original title in Dutch: "Gezicht op de suikerfabriek in Pangka Suiker fabriek Pangka (residentie Tagal)"
One of a serie of twenty-four chromolithographs, finished by hand, mounted on later (acid-free) card with original small printed title label. After Abraham Salm (1801-1876)
It comes from the set of 24 very rare chromolithographs and was published by J.C. Grieve Jr. and edited by Frans Buffa & Zonen between 1865 and 1872. It is one of the most stunning of Buffa’s publications. The titel of the original complete set is “Java naar schilderijen en tekeningen van A. Salm”
The paintings and drawings by Abraham Salm are regarded as the finest depictions of the Javanese topography and culture. Abraham Salm established himself first as a merchant in Surabaya but afterwards became the owner of a tobacco plantation in Malang. He was a self-taught artist and spent twenty-nine years in Indonesia.
The complete set, with a number of them for sale in our 1stdibs shop, depicts the following scenes:
Landscape in the Bantam Residency
View on the river Solo, Assistant-Residency Toeban
Marriage procession in the valley of the Salakh
In the Tenger mountains, east side of Java
Landscape near Malang, Residency Pasoeroean
The main road from Buitenzorg passing the land of Tjisaroa over the Mogamendong to the Preanger Residencies
The land of Tjitrap, Assistant- Residency Buitenzorg
The small bay Srigonjo, south coast of Java
The sugar factory Pangka, Tagal Residency
In the Sumadang area, Preanger Regency
A view on the land of Tjiliboet, Assistant Residency Buitenzorg
Anjer, Strait Sunda, north coast of Java, Bantam Residency
The bathing place Wenditt, Assistant-Residency Malang
Erupting volcano Bromo in 1856, Probolingo Residency
A view of the land of Kedong Badak and the main road to Buitenzorg
Landscape in the “Ommelanden” of Batavia
Landscape in moonlight near Sumedang
The road from Buitenzorg to the valley of the Salakh
Wild landscape in east Javanese
Waterfall Singahan, Rembang Residency
The river Brantas in the mountains, Pasoeroean Residency
The volcano Smeroe, seen from the Pasoeroean Residency
