Sketch titled ‘Policeman Hindou de Singapoure Conduisant en Prison des Voleurs Chinois’

Title
Sketch titled ‘Policeman Hindou de Singapoure Conduisant en Prison des Voleurs Chinois’
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: 25.7 x 28.7 cm,
Image size: 11.8 x 14.8 cm
Accession No.
2007-00826

This is a coloured sketch titled ‘Policeman Hindou de Singapoure Conduisant en Prison des Voleurs Chinois’. It depicts a Hindu policeman leading two Chinese thieves to prison in Singapore.The artefact is part of a collection of images that illustrate aspects of the social history and evolving landscape of Singapore in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as portrayed by European artists.