Title
Lady Raffles’ copy of Chambre des Pairs de France by M. de Broglie
Year/Period
1815 - 1820
Region
Paris
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 20.9 x 13.3 x 2.3 cm
Accession No.
2019-00369
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Lady Sophia Raffles was the wife of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, who established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. This book was presented to her in 1834 by Adele de Stael, widow of Auguste, the elder son of the French woman of letters Madame de Stael. Lady Raffles stayed with Adele at her inherited property Coppet in Geneva during her travels in Europe in the 1830s.
