Beschreibung:

An extensive collection of black and white magic lantern slides by Johan W. Schotman (1892-1976) China, 1921-1927 The collection comprises 256 images of which 250 numbered and classified as: I. Peking (1-50) II. Treaty harbours (51-73) III. Haitsjow (74-100) IV. Geography (101-112) V. Houses and buildings (113-141) VI. Means of transport (142-150) VII. Island of Mên-Li-Shan-(151-173) VIII. Volkstypen (174-196) IX. Geestelijke stromingen (197-234) X. Schaduwzijden (235-242) Various subjects (242-250) In three wooden boxes and a double box. N.B. I: This collection is of cultural and historical significance as these provide a picture of the mainly pre-industrial age of the Chinese countryside at the start of the last century. Schotman was sent to China by the Dutch-Chinese Syndicat and stayed there from 1921 up to 1927. As a docter Schotman was employed at the island Xi Lian Dao, afterwards he stayed at Haizhou and as a docter was involved in the construction of the Lung Hai railway. Schotman was a real jack of all trades: he studied medicin in Leiden, translated from latin De vertroosting der Wijsbegeerte by Boëthius, was a beekeeper, spoke Chinese, established himself as a neurologist in Gouda in 1937, was appointed as director of the Provinciaal Overijssels Geschiedkundig museum in Zwolle in 1954 and translated from Chinese the Boek der Oden (Sji Tsjing). About his years in China he wrote the trilogy Het Vermolmde Boeddhabeeld. N.B. II: For more information on Schotman see the biography by A.H. Huussen jr., Johan Schotman, Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg, 2015 and C. Visser, Shanghai Skyline, Uitgeverij Augustus, Amsterdam, 2008. (256x)