Antique Print Modjo Paid Ruins by Mieling (c.1852)

Antique lithograph of the Modjo Paid Ruins Soerabaja  titled ‘Ruine van Modjo-Païd’, published in 1852 – 56 by C. W. Mieling, The Hague.

The 1840s was an important period in the history of lithographic illustrations in Indonesia. In 1843 was the installation of a lithographic establishment at the Topographical Bureau of Engineers at Batavia.

C. W. Mieling lithography establishment granted Royal predicate in 1847 – his Konincklijke Steendrukkerij was responsible for producing during the 1840s, 1850s and 1860s not only more topographical and ethnographical plates of Indonesia than any other establishment in the Netherlands, but also the most spectacular series of chromolithograph plates of Indonesian subjects ever published.

Measurements : 800 x 670 mm (with FRAME)