The Hague

  • H. Hemmers: Otto Baron van Hogendorp, Den Haag ca. 1879

    H. Hemmers: Otto Baron van Hogendorp, Den Haag ca. 1879

    About this portrait

    Otto Baron van Hogendorp (The Hague, 17 March 1858 – La Tour-de-Peilz, 17 June 1936), pictured here in April 1876 at eighteen years of age, at the studio of H. Hemmers (Photographie d’Art) in The Hague. He earned his doctorate in law in 1884 in Leiden and from 1913 served as chamberlain-in-extraordinary-service to Queen Wilhelmina. He married on 23 January 1902 in Amsterdam to Agatha Johanna Elisabeth van Notten.

  • A. van der Noot: Jan Wagner, Den Haag ca. 1880

    A. van der Noot: Jan Wagner, Den Haag ca. 1880

    About this item

    Jan Wagner, produced by the Photographisch Atelier of A. van der Noot, Houtmarkt 15, The Hague.

  • De Lavieter & Co: studio of De Lavieter & Co (Den Haag), Den Haag ca. 1885

    De Lavieter & Co: studio of De Lavieter & Co (Den Haag), Den Haag ca. 1885

    About this portrait

    The sitter has not yet been identified. The photo was produced by De Lavieter & Co, the studio of Johannes Lodewijk de Lavieter (1839–1910), court photographer from 1877, on the Willemstraat in The Hague.

  • Hch. Kox: Hajo Albert Woortman Spandaw, Den Haag ca. 1883

    Hch. Kox: Hajo Albert Woortman Spandaw, Den Haag ca. 1883

    About this portrait

    Hajo Albert Woortman Spandaw was born in 1836 (according to a family note at Kasteel Nauryck; externally confirmed: 22 December 1836 in Vught, North Brabant). According to the note on the back, he was a captain of artillery and Knight in the Military Order of William, and was killed in action in 1901 at Waterkloof, South Africa, during the Second Boer War, as one of the Dutch volunteers on the Boer side. Also noted: he moved in the circle of Queen Sophie. Produced by Hch. Kox, Kazernestraat, The Hague.

  • De Lavieter & Co: Hendrik Pieter Lubertus Cornelis de Kruijff, Den Haag ca. 1882

    De Lavieter & Co: Hendrik Pieter Lubertus Cornelis de Kruijff, Den Haag ca. 1882

    About this portrait

    Hendrik Pieter Lubertus Cornelis de Kruijff (Broek bij Voorst, 28 March 1840 – Arnhem, 22 January 1911) was an engineer officer and, from 1897, lieutenant colonel. This carte de visite is dated 30 May 1882, produced by De Lavieter & Co, court photographers to His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, The Hague. His son of the same name (Utrecht, 1868 – Baarn, 1911), known as ‘De Kruyff jr.’, became the first president-director of the Centrale Werkgevers Risico-Bank.

  • H.W. Wollrabe: Lucius Willem Carel Gerlach, Den Haag ca. 1885

    H.W. Wollrabe: Lucius Willem Carel Gerlach, Den Haag ca. 1885

    About this portrait

    Lucius Willem Carel Gerlach (1835–1926) was a Dutch major general and Knight in the Military Order of William. This carte de visite was made by H.W. Wollrabe (Heinrich Wilhelm Wollrabe, 1843–1928), court photographer to the king, the queen and Prince Alexander, studio at Noordeinde 96, The Hague.