Title
Poster ‘The Golden Chersonese’
Year/Period
early to mid 20th century
Region
Singapore and Malaysia
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Frame size: 98.0 x 72.5 x 1.5 cm,
Image size: 79.4 x 54.7 cm
Image size: 79.4 x 54.7 cm
Accession No.
2014-00117
Collection of
This is a poster published by the Federated Malay States Railways and Printed by Ying Wah Fine Art Lithograph Press in the early to mid-twentieth century. It advertises 'The Golden Chersonese', the name used for the Malay Peninsula by Greek and Roman geographers in classical antiquity. It depicts a steam train cutting across a golden mountain, with lush foliage on either side and the silhouette of a mountain in the background.
