Per Stoomvaart Maatschappij “Nederland” naar Java A voyage to Java by Steamship Company “The Netherlands” Drawings in colour by Willy Sluiter, 1923 From private collection Dirk Teeuwen Pictures are not available on request. Willy Sluiter Jan Willem Sluiter was born in Amersfoort, Holland, in 1873 and died in 1949 in The Hague. He lived and worked in many different towns in Holland: Zwijdrecht, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Katwijk aan Zee, Volendam, Laren and The Hague. He was a student at the “Akademie voor Beeldende Kunst” (Visual Arts Academy) in Rotterdam. He painted, made drawings, painted in water colours and lithographed: fishermen, life on the beaches in Holland, types and portraits. He was decorated many times and Holland’s most popular painter of portraits in those days. In 1923 he made a voyage to The Dutch East-Indies. 1. Steamship “Prinses Juliana”, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 1 2. Port Saïd, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 2 3. Port Saïd, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 3 4. Gulf of Suez, Willy Sluiter 1923 5. Colombo, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 4 6. Indian Ocean, Willy Sluiter 1923 7. Sabang on Sumatra, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 5 8. Kebon Sirih (Batavia / Jakarta), Willy Sluiters 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 6 9. Preanger on Java, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands 7 10. Preanger on Java, Willy Sluiter 1923 ©2007 drs (msc) D. Teeuwen - Rendez-vous Batavia – The Netherlands End of this article 8.