'Straits of Johor and Singapore'

Title
'Straits of Johor and Singapore'
Year/Period
1869
Region
Malaysia and/or Singapore
Dimension
Object size: H:45 x W:52 x D:2.5cm,
Image size: 23.5 x 31 cm
Accession No.
2008-00186

This print (chromolithograph) shows the Johor Straits, a waterway located between Singapore and the region of Johor, which is situated at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. This print by Austrian diplomat Eugen von Ransonnet was published in his 'Skizzen aus Singapur und Djohor' (Sketches: Singapore and Johore) in 1876. Like the human figures depicted in the print, von Ransonnet travelled through the Johor Straits in a canoe.