Drawing Sir Stamford Raffles Statue
The disappearing raffles statue is the work of local artist teng kai wei under commission of the singapore bicentennial office.
Drawing sir stamford raffles statue. The statue is actually a copy of the original dark bronze statue and was placed here in 1972 on the 150 th anniversary of singapore s founding. Besides signing the treaty with sultan hussein shah of johor on 6 february 1819 that gave the british east india company the right to set up a trading post in singapore raffles made several other contributions that helped establish singapore. Sir stamford raffles is solo no more there are now five white statues occupying the spot known as raffles landing site at 59 boat quay the place where raffles was believed to have first set.
A thriving singapore before stamford raffles from orang laut to craftsmen duration. When we visited the raffles statue earlier today we are happy to see the iconic statue returning to its former pristine self. Sir thomas stamford raffles b.
This statue stands in tribute to sir stamford raffles the british statesman widely considered to be the founder of singapore. This chameleon inspired trick results in the statue of sir stamford raffles merging into the skyscraper background of the city when viewed from the right angle. The statue depicts raffles standing upright and dressed as a gentleman of the 19th century.
Raffles place and sir stamford raffles statue located on the river in singapore raffles had two beloved wives. His arms are folded and he is looking over to his right. A couple of days ago we reported on the disappearing sir stamford thomas raffles statue along the singapore river.
Jul 9 2015 explore hudd4042 s board sir stamford raffles on pinterest. Singapore along with malacca and penang became the straits settlement in 1826. Cna insider 20 350 views.
The first olivia died in 1814. Now there is a new development to the story with the arrivals a set of four new statues that now stand next to raffles. 6 july 1781 off port morant jamaica d.
See more ideas about raffle stamford singapore. The second sophia had the five children wrote the books and promoted his post mortum reputation.
