Natural history drawings : the complete William Farquhar collection : Malay Peninsula 1803-1818

著者

    • Farquhar, William
    • Bastin, John Sturgus
    • Kwa, Chong Guan
    • Hassan Ibrahim
    • Strange, Morten
    • National Museum of Singapore

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Natural history drawings : the complete William Farquhar collection : Malay Peninsula 1803-1818

with essays by John Bastin and Kwa Chong Guan, and captions by Hassan Ibrahim and Morten Strange

Editions Didier Millet : National Museum of Singapore, c2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-331) and index

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内容説明

This is a wonderfully illustrated and evocative look at the natural history of the Malay Peninsula. Now for the first time, all 477 drawings of the flora and fauna of the Malay Peninsula commissioned by Colonel William Farquhar during his time as British Resident and Commandant of Malacca from 1803 to 1818, are published in one volume. Covering a wide spectrum of species, the evocative paintings were rendered in brilliant watercolour by Chinese artists who employed both Chinese and Western painting techniques. In an era when photography was non-existent, the only means of recording nature and wildlife was through painting. Accompanied by authoritative essays and detailed captions, "Natural History Drawings" is a fascinating window both into the natural history of the time and the 19th-century British settlement in the Malay Peninsula.

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