Christoffel Bisschop: 1828-1904

Christoffel Bisschop was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures.

Wieger Hendricus Idzerda: 1872-1938

W.H. Idzerda was a Dutch photographer, cameraman and film director. Idzerda was a representative of pictorialism , a movement in photography related to impressionism . In 1908, Idzerda was a member of the organizing committee of the ‘International Exhibition of Photographic Art’, organized by the Amsterdam Amateur Photographers Association. In the first three decades of the twentieth century, he wrote several manuals for amateur photographers, in which he expressed his vision of photography. These compact manuals were printed and sold in considerable numbers. – Wikipedia

Editorial comment for this plate:

With the plate.   (translated)

Thanks to the kindness of Mrs. MOLLERUS in Arnhem and Mr. W. H. IDZERDA in The Hague, who gave us their photographs for reproduction, we now have the opportunity to offer our readers two plates, which will certainly be received with pleasure.

From Mrs. MOLLERUS we received photo of”KASTEEL DOORWERTH” and from Mr. W. H. IDZERDA: photo of the painter “C. BISSCHOP”.