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'Sincapore'

Title

'Sincapore'

Year/Period

1840s

Region

Singapore

Object Type

lithographs

Dimension

Image size: Image: H10.1 x W16.,
0 cmFrame: L30 x W36.8 cm

Accession No.

1996-02156

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

Credit Line

Gift of the Istana

This print (lithograph) is evocative of the Western style of representing the Orient (Middle East), complete with camels and Arabs in turbans. Nevertheless, it shows how Singapore was popularly regarded as a bustling maritime crossroads.