Memoir of the Honorable Sir George Elliot written for His Children

Title
Memoir of the Honorable Sir George Elliot written for His Children
Year/Period
1863
Region
Batavia
Object Type
books
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
printing (process), bookbinding (process)
Dimension
Object size: 18.9 x 13.2 x 1.4 cm
Accession No.
2019-00335
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 book, written by Sir George Elliot, the son of Lord Minto who was a patron of Raffles, provides a different view of Raffles, suggesting he was ungentlemanly, “full of trick, and not so full of truth”.

 

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