Sketch Book Collection (#8)

Sketch of a knight on horseback, c.1755-c.1760. Creator: Jan Brandes
Sketch of a knight on horseback, c.1755-c.1760

Taming an elephant, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Taming an elephant, 1785. Pen or stable built of bamboo framework in which three elephants are tied up. Singalese men pull on ropes. The middle elephant is doused with water. With inscription. No

The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771. Creator: Jan Brandes
The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771. View of the village of Overdiem (Diemen)

The town of Schoonhoven on the River Rhine in Holland, 1787. Creator: Jan Brandes
The town of Schoonhoven on the River Rhine in Holland, 1787. View of Schoonhoven from the other side of the Lek river, with barge and rowing boat by the river bank

Two sailing ships at a landing place, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Two sailing ships at a landing place, c.1825-c.1875. Turbulent sea with two sailing ships that try to moor at a jetty

Four seascapes, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Four seascapes, c.1825-c.1875. Studies of sailing ships at sea and a harbour view

Knights with the family arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Creator: Jan Brandes
Knights with the coats of arms of Brandes and Hirschman, 1770-1808. Two knights in full armour on horseback. The left knight represents the ancestor of Brandes from Bohemen

Sailing ships on a turbulent sea, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Sailing ships on a turbulent sea, c.1825-c.1875

Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Papaya tree, litigants come to see the Dessave, and a hennikap or free servant in Colombo, 1785. Residents awaiting case law by the Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC)

Ship in distress off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Ship in distress off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Passengers are saved from a ship foundering on a stormy sea. A castle in the background

Sloop with figures at a landing place, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Sloop with figures at a landing place, c.1825-c.1875. On a stormy sea, a small boat attempts to land near a village

Sailing ships near a port, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Sailing ships near a port, c.1825-c.1875

VOC Delegation at An Audience With The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, 1785-1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
VOC Delegation at An Audience With The King of Kandy, Sri Rajadi Raja Sinha, 1785-1786. The reception room in the palace of the king of Kandy with VOC officials kneeling in the foreground

Seascape with sailing ships, a steamship and a rowing boat, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Seascape with sailing ships, a steamship and a rowing boat, c.1825-c.1875

Shipwreck on a rocky coast, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Shipwreck on a rocky coast, c.1825-c.1875

Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Council representatives in Colombo, 1785. The Dessave (European judge employed by the VOC) on his veranda to "dispose of the affairs

Self-portrait of Jan Brandes, 1789. Creator: Jan Brandes
Self-portrait of Jan Brandes, 1789. Dressed as a pastor, with Luther's book in hand

Sailing ships off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Sailing ships off the coast, c.1825-c.1875

Harbour view, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Harbour view, c.1825-c.1875

Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Sinhalese soldiers in the service of the VOC and envoys of the King of Kandy, 1785. VOC emblem on top of a pillar. On the left are the Singalese or Ceylonese VOC soldiers and orderlies

Portrait of Per Johan Wimermark, 1796. Creator: Jan Brandes
Portrait of Per Johan Wimermark, 1796. Brother-in-law of the artist, and the vice-pastor of Linkoping. With inscription

Idyllic scene, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Idyllic scene, 1779-1785. Utopian village scene. Fantasy of an idyllic, primitive settlement with several families of white people in animal skins in tropical landscape

Adam and Eve in a utopian village scene, 1779-1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Adam and Eve in a utopian village scene, 1779-1785. Fantasy of an idyllic, primitive settlement with several families of white people in animal skins in tropical landscape

The village of Wehl in Cleefland, 1775. Creator: Jan Brandes
The village of Wehl in Cleefland, 1775. View of the village of Wehl, an hour's walk from the city of Doetinchem in Gelderland. Unpaved road with houses on either side, church in the distance

Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. Creator: Jan Brandes
Punishment of the slanderer, 1777. The slanderer is depicted on the one hand as a dung fly being hunted by a swallow. On the other hand, a man stands at the pillory in a Dutch summer landscape

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grasshopper, 1784. Creator: Jan Brandes
Grasshopper, 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 II
Side view of a church, 1822-1893

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

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