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Indiae orientalis ... .
Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), rightly called the 'Father of Modern Cartography', developed the idea of assembling a compendium of maps to form an atlas. The first edition of his "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" was published in 1570 and it was a great…
Seletars of Singapore.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: Seletars of Singapore
A Mintera of Salangore, Malay Peninsula.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: A Mintera of Salangore, Malay Peninsula; through image in pencil: A Mintera woman Salangore, Malay Peninsula
A Mintera of Salangore, Malay Peninsula.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: A Mintera of Salangore, Malay Peninsula
A Mug of Burma.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: A Mug of Burma
Joseph Pahang.
Below image with brush: Joseph Pahang; in ink: 1848
Malays of the Salat, Malay Peninsula.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: Malays of the Salat, Malay Peninsula. Putih, a female albino, Campar, brother of Putih and Smih, Smih a female albino; in pencil: albino; through image in pencil: Putih, sister of Campar, Campar [……
Malays of the Salat, Malay Peninsula.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: Malays of the Salat, Malay Peninsula
Sabimbas of Johore, Malay Peninsula.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847: on mount in ink: Sabimba of Johore, Malay Penins.la
A Sabimba of Johore, Malay Peninsula.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847: on mount in ink: A Sabimba of Johore, Malay Penins.la
A Kayan of Banjermassin, Borneo.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847; on mount in ink: A Kayan of Banjermassin
Chinese stonecutters. Plate II.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese stonecutters; through image in ink: Chinese stonecutters Kay Tribe. Plate II 2. 1 2 Chinese stone breakers. Kay Tribe 3 4 5 Tool menders of Kay Tribe 6 7 8 Tool menders of the Aya Tribe 9
Chinese stonecutters. Plate I.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese stonecutters; through image in ink: Chinese stonecutters Kay Tribe. Plate I. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chinese workmen.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese workmen; through image in ink: Carpenters, beating our a piece of iron, carving a small piece of wood, Chinese coolies
Chinese artificers.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Chinese artificers; through image in ink: planing, chipping, chipping, sawing, sawing, driving home a nail, boring a hole, marking a straight line, sawing a small piece of wood, sawing a large block of…
Pulo Ubin granite quarries.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1851; on mount in ink: Pulo Ubin granite quarries
Gunboat Nancy.
On mount in ink: Gunboat Nancy, Bintang Hills, Horsburgh lighthouse; date taken from contents page
Chinese tool menders, Pulo Ubin.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: JTT 1879; on mount in pencil: Chinese tool menders Pulo Ubin. Singapore, March 1850
Chinese stone cutters, Pulo Ubin.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: JTT 1879; on mount in pencil: Chinese stone cutters Pulo Ubin. Singapore, March 1850
George Town, Pinang [Penang] from the harbour.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: George Town, Pinang, from the harbour; in pencil: 1848
Entrance to Malacca River.
On mount in ink: Entrance to Malacca River; in pencil: 1848
View from St John’s Mount, Malacca.
On mount in ink: View from St Johns Mount, Malacca; in pencil: 1848; donor’s hand: ?Mt Ophir (J.H-J. 1985)
Chinese and Seamans Hospitals, Singapore.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847; on mount in ink: Chinese and Seamans Hospitals; in pencil: 1849
New harbour from Bukit Serapong, Singapore.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847; on mount in ink: New harbour from Bukit Serapong, Singapore
Singapore town from Pearls Hill.
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1847; on mount in ink: Singapore town from Pearls Hill; in pencil: 1849