Deeleman, Frederik Charles Theodorus

The untitled prints 1 to 10

Dutch, Born in Amsterdam, 11 December 1823.

Architect, engineer and self-taught draughtsman, watercolorist and cartoonist, who came to Jakarta in 1845,where he worked in the Public Works and Water department.

This versatile man was the designer of a small horse-drawn cart long known as a ‘Deelemannetje”. Ten of his drawings depicting Jakarta were lithographed and published under the title “Bataviaasch Album” (Jakarta, 1859-1860). Some other drawings by his hand werelithographed and published in W.A van Rees’ ‘Herinneringenuit de loopbaan van een Indische officier’ (The Hague-Leiden, 1863-1865).

Died in Bogor, Java 13 February 1884.