1828 elliot (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Good. Slight wear on original fold lines. Margin spotting. Size 8 x 20 Inches. The first printed view of Singapore, issued less than ten years after it was founded by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 - 1826). This aquatint view was published in 1828 after a painting by Royal Navy Captain Robert James Elliot. It looks on Singapore from Government Hill, covering the Plain, Singapore River, and Chinatown. Even at this early stage, the view presents a bustling city with numerous buildings and a lively port. We have not been able to trace Elliot's original painting. Publication History and Census The view was drawn in late 1822 or early 1823, but was not printed until John Crawfurd included it in the 1828 publication of his Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the courts of Siam and Cochin-China: exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms . It was engraved in London by John Heaviside Clark and was published by Henry Colburn. The view was included in all editions of Crawfurd's work but is rarely found separately and is scarce to the market. The OCLC cites three separate examples at the British Library, the National Library Board of Singapore, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. References: Liu, Gretchen, Singapore: A Pictorial History, 1819 - 2000, (Didier Millet), page 26, fig. 2. OCLC 1017484137.…