This drawing is titled 'Village of Zeu-o-tao from the Burial Place, 1816' with a further inscription 'Hysansue Harbour in the Yellow Sea, with HMS Alceste, Honourable CS Discovery'. This drawing is one of 41 drawings belonging to the Houghton Album, which contains a compilation of views drawn by John Michael Houghton (c. 1797–1874), a midshipman who served on board the HMS Discovery as part of the naval escort that accompanied Raffles on his voyage to Singapore in 1819. The Discovery was commanded by Capt. Daniel Ross (1780–1846), the renowned hydrographer who is documented as having assisted Raffles in choosing the site for the latter’s historic landing on the island on 28 January 1819.
