The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men & Famous Deeds, First Edition

Title
The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men & Famous Deeds, First Edition
Year/Period
1890
Object Type
books
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
bookbinding (process), printing (process)
Dimension
Object size: 24.6 x 18.5 x 4.0 cm
Accession No.
2019-00329
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. This volume of British biography contains an entry on Raffles titled “The Founder of Singapore”.

 

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