Portrait of President C.V. Devan Nair

Title
Portrait of President C.V. Devan Nair
Year/Period
1981-1985
Region
Singapore
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints
Material
photographic paper, ink, colour (pigment)
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Image size: Image: H:47 x W:34.5 cm,
Frame size: Frame: H:50.1 x W:37.8 x D:2.5 cm
Accession No.
2012-00416
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore

This is a portrait of Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (1923-2005), who was the Republic of Singapore's third president (1981-1985)and the first of Indian ethnicity.

 

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