Portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford RafflesArtist: Engraved by S. Cousins, after Francis Chantrey

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. This soft-ground etching was produced based on a marble bust of Raffles by Sir Francis Chantrey. The print identifies Raffles as President of the Zoological Society of London, which he was involved in founding.

 

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