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1. WD2969

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2969
Title:
'Singapore Institution'. Artist(s): Marsh, J.A. (fl. 1841)
Scope & Content:
The Singapore (Raffles) Institution, Singapore. 1841. By J.A. Marsh. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Singapore Institution Drawn by J.A.M.’ Pen and ink and water-colour; 19.4 by 27.4 cm. Note: The earliest known drawing of the Singapore Institution which was founded at a meeting convened by Raff...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 Item

2. WD2973

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2973
Title:
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, Penang. Artist(s): Westall, William (1781-1850)
Scope & Content:
Fort Cornwallis, Prince of Wales Island, Penang. 1804. By William Westall. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘Willm. Westall 1804’ and on reverse: ‘South View of Prince of Wales Island. Drawn & finished while in a Vessel off the Island in 1804. G.W. Westall’. Water-colour; 33 by 49.3...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD2975

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2975
Title:
Front view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra
Scope & Content:
Front view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra, c.1823. Probably by a Chinese or Javanese artist Water-colour and gouache; 45 by 56.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1823
Extent:
1 Item

4. WD2976

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2976
Title:
Rear view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra
Scope & Content:
Rear view of Raffles’ house at Pematang Balam, West Sumatra, c.1823. Probably by a Chinese or Javanese artist Water-colour and gouache; 45 by 56.5 cm. Note: The following description of Pematang Balam ('Dove's Rise' or 'Dove's Ridge') is given by Lady Raffles in her ‘Memoir:’ 'Sir Stamford's ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1823
Extent:
1 Item

5. WD2978

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2978
Title:
Fortified stockade in Java, or possibly in Ceylon.
Scope & Content:
Fortified stockade. Java(?), c.1800. By a Dutch artist Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘Vertooningh van twee Bergen Geleegen op Kaddoewille, met de twee Batterijen die de Singaleesen daar op gemaakt hebben en de door haar toegemaakte weg of ingang tusschen deselve’. Water-colour; 37 by 52...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

6. WD2979

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2979
Title:
The Water Palace, Jogjakarta, Java. Artist(s): Baker, Godfrey Phipps (1786-1850)
Scope & Content:
The Water Castle, Jogjakarta, Java. c.1815. Probably by Captain G.P. Baker. Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘Water Palace from the SE Djocjocarta in the Centre of the Craton of the Sultan, taken by Storm 20 June 1812 by the forces under Mr Genl. Sir R.R. Gillesp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

7. WD2980

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2980
Title:
Building in the kraton of Jogjakarta with an indecipherable inscription in pencil. Artist(s): Baker, Godfrey Phipps (1786-1850)
Scope & Content:
Probably by Captain G.P. Baker Building in the ‘kraton’ of Jogjakarta with an indecipherable inscription in pencil. c.1815. Pencil; 49 by 61 cm. Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘Sketch of the front of one’.... indecipherable. Note: A sketch, probably by Capt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

8. WD2983

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2983
Title:
British Resident’s house, Surakarta, Java. Artist(s): Johnson, Jeremiah Martin (c.1767-1833)
Scope & Content:
Probably by Major J.M. Johnson British Resident’s house, Java. c.1815. Water-colour; 34 by 49.4 cm. Watermark: ‘Iping 1804’ Note: The water-colour depicts a collection of ill-constructed houses and huts surrounded by a low white railing fence. The Union Jack is seen flying from a flag-staf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item

9. WD2984

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2984
Title:
The New Harmonie Building, Batavia, Java. Artist(s): Burgemeestre, W.O. (fl. 1814)
Scope & Content:
The New Harmonie Building, Batavia, Java. 1814. By W.O. Burgemeestre Inscribed on front in ink: ‘No.3: The West Side View of the New Society House (Harmonie) at Rijswick; on the Tana-abang Road [sic] &: the Front View of the Batavia Literary Society, in the year 1814.’ Below: ‘door W.O. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 Item

10. WD2992

Reference (shelfmark):
WD2992
Title:
'The Passage of the River Begalu at Gunung Tawang from the Northward. River Sirayu Rapid & stony'. Artist(s): Knops, J.H.D. (fl. 1807-1815)
Scope & Content:
Suspension bridge over the Begaluh River, Java. c.1815. Probably by J. Knops. Inscribed on front in pencil in the hand of Captain G.P. Baker: ‘The Passage of the River Begalu at Gunung Tawang from the Northward.’ Left bottom: ‘River Sirayu Rapid & stony’. Watermark: ‘J Whatman 1804.’ P...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1815
Extent:
1 Item