Diorama of the Zeezigt coffee and cotton plantation,
19th c Dutch Folk Environment
Gerrit SCHOUTEN
(1779 - 1839)
Primary
c. 1815-1821
19th c
Wood, paper, glass
Construted
Folk
Diorama
Surinam.
Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum Stadhouderskade.
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The waterfront along the Surinam river was the hub of Surinamese trade. The diaroma was comissioned by the British merchant William Leckie, who lived in the Green house.
Caption:
SCHOUTEN Gerrit Diorama of the Zeezigt coffee and cotton plantation,.|c. 1815-1821|Dutch