Title
Sketch titled ‘Chinese passengers from Singapore to Hong Kong’
Year/Period
1885
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: 44.5 x 36.7 cm,
Image size: 30.8 x 22.8 cm
Image size: 30.8 x 22.8 cm
Accession No.
2007-00832
Collection of
This is a coloured sketch titled ‘Chinese passengers from Singapore to Hong Kong’. It depicts Chinese immigrants travelling by junk between the two port cities.The artefact is part of a collection of images that illustrate aspects of the social history and evolving landscape of Singapore in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as portrayed by European artists.
