Singapore from Signal Hill

Title
Singapore from Signal Hill
Year/Period
28 May 1854
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 20.1 x 27.1 cm,
Frame size: 39 x 46 cm
Accession No.
2014-01376

Conway Mordaunt Shipley, a naval officer and artist who is known to have visited Singapore in the mid-19th century, finely-details in this watercolour a typical framing used during the period to represent Singapore. Depicting the landscape from a high viewpoint and emphasized further by the wide vistas and the silhouetted figures enroute to its interiors, Singapore from Signal hill highlights the development of the settlement in relation to its natural boundaries.