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Stamford Raffles bust, 2003 : close-up

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.

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All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.

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Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore

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.