Stamford Raffles bust, 2003 : close-up
- Arts
- Streets and Places
- Tan, Bonny
- 12 May 2003
This is a close-up of the bust of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, located in the Singapore History Museum. The bust appears to be made of alabaster. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.
Subjects
- Arts>>Visual Arts>>Sculpture
- Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826
- Arts>>Sculpture
- Busts--Singapore--Photographs
Suggested Pictures
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Stamford Raffles bust -
Raffles landing site at Singapore River -
Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles : general view -
Raffles Hotel, entrance : close-up -
Statue of Raffles : general view -
Garlands : close-up -
Museum, Singapore [1902] : general view -
Stamford Raffles statue : close-up -
Water fall : close-up -
Fort Canning Hill cupolas -
Copper statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, [1950] : general view -
National Museum of Singapore : exterior -
Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles : general view [1] -
Stamford Road, from Raffles Girls' School : general view [2] -
Singapore Recreation Club : close-up -
Victoria Memorial Hall, with statue of Raffles, 1919 : general view -
Stone walls sculpture, National Museum of Singapore : close-up -
Cracked paintwork : close-up -
Stamford Raffles statue at Singapore River : close-up -
Raffles' landing site : general view [2] -
Stamford Road : general view -
Stamford Raffles statue at Singapore River -
Sir Stamford Raffles statue : close-up
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES AT THE RAFFLES HOTEL -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES WITH RAFFLES HOTEL IN THE BACKGROUND -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES ON THE GROUNDS OF RAFFLES HOTEL -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES ON THE GROUNDS OF RAFFLES HOTEL -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES ON THE GROUNDS OF RAFFLES HOTEL -
PLAQUE OF THE SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES BUST AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM -
BUST OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES AT THE ROTUNDA OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM -
SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES BRONZE BUST -
PORTRAIT PAINTING OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES (1781-1826) BY PATRICK GEORGE -
A NIGHT SCENE OF EMPRESS PLACE BUILDING AND THE STATUE OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES (LATE 1980S) -
THE STATUE OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES AT THE RAFFLES LANDING SITE AT NORTH BOAT QUAY (EARLY 1990S) -
PORTRAIT PAINTING OF SIR THOMAS STAMFORD BINGLEY RAFFLES (1781-1826), COLONIAL GOVERNOR AND ZOOLOGIST, BY GEORGE FRANCIS JOSEPH (1764-1846) -
The Temple of Boro Bodo in the district of Boro in Kedu, from 'The History of Java' by Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), published 1830 (second edition) (litho) -
PORTRAIT OF THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. "THEY SAY I AM A SPIRIT THAT WILL NEVER ALLOW THE EAST TO BE QUIET," THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES ONCE WROTE, WITH PROPHETIC FLAMBOYANCE. " NEVER" WAS AN EXAGGERATION, BUT HIS SEIZURE OF SINGAPORE IN 1819 DID MAKE BRITAIN THE DOMINANT POWER IN THE EAST INDIES FOR 150 YEARS. HE RETURNED HOME WITH AN EVIABLE REPUTATION. FOR THE COOL SELF ASSURANCE CAUGHT IN THE PORTRAIT ABOVE, FOR FORESIGHT, FOR SCHOLARSHIP, FOR HUMANE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR HIS WARMTH OF PERSONALITY. AS HIS MALAY CLERK, ABDULLAH, AFFECTIONATELY RECORDED: " MR RAFFLES SPOKE IN SMILES." -
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781-1826), colonial administrator in South East Asia and zoologist. In 1819, he signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggong Abdul Rahman that the East India Company could establish Singapore as a trading port. -
THE HEAD-BUST OUTSIDE RAFFLES MUSEUM -
STATUE OF SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES ALONG SINGAPORE RIVER -
PEOPLE MILLING AROUND STATUE OF SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES ALONG SINGAPORE RIVER -
STATUE OF SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES, SINGAPORE -
STATUE OF SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES, SINGAPORE -
View of the steps leading to the back of the National Museum of Singapore which was known as Singapore History Museum between 1993 and March 2006.