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View of Meester Cornelis, a field entrenchment near Batavia | ) |
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Het Gezigt van de Veldschans Mr Cornelis van de Rÿwegt af te Zien Leggende 9e Paale Buyten Batavia. | |
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building, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, fauna, Asians & Africans, person, bazaar / market, survey / view, bridge, fortification | |
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Bruin, M. de en B. Kist: Johannes Rach 1720-1783. Artist in Indonesia and Asia, p. 68 | |
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- View of Meester Cornelis, a field entrenchment some 15 kilometres south of Batavia.
- Left a market scene; on Thursdays a market was held here.
- The name Cornelis refers to Cornelis Senen, an Indonesian Christian of Banda island.
- The fort is situated on a high riverbank of the Ciliwung and served to protect the road to Buitenzorg, Bogor.
