Antique chromolithograph of the memorial to one of the characters of early Batavia history. Pieter Erberveld was a Eurasian (half-European, half-Asian person) man who was one of the wealthiest people in Batavia who was not a VOC employee. He came into dispute with the VOC several times and was eventually accused of plotting a rebellion with the natives to install an Islamic state. After he was executed, a memorial was erected and a plaster skull placed on a spike on top. This was later demolished and rebuilt before being relocated to the Taman Prasasti museum in central Jakarta.

Published in Leiden, the Netherlands, after a water drawing by J.C. Rappard,

Jhr. Josias Cornelis Rappard (1824-1898) was a colonel in the KNIL and a painter. During his posting in the Netherlands Indies 1842-1872, he painted and drew pictures of life and scenes in the Indies that were later, back in Leiden, The Netherlands, would be made into chromolithographs. The Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam holds a large number of these prints and collectors all over the world appreciate Rappard's classic watercolours.

Chromolithography was a popular method for colour printing in the 19th century because of its lower cost and relative ease to mass-produce. The process involves the use of stones and a chemical process to fasten images to the paper. High-end chromolithographs are hand-finished by an artist after the process to ensure the best possible fidelity in each copy.