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| Keywords: Tapir of Malacca (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg author anonymous Chinese artist Tapir of Malacca; Tenuk in en A w watercolour drawing of an adult Malayan Tapir Malayan tapir or Asian tapir Tapirus indicus known in Malay language Malay as the cipan badak murai or tenuk The drawing is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore commissioned by William Farquhar between 1819 1823 watercolor paper cm 38 55 Institution National Museum of Singapore Goh Seng Choo Gallery <br> Singapore accession number Royal Asiatic Society RAS016 111; National Museum of Singapore SHM1995 2885 object history 17 June 1826 Donated in eight volumes by William Farquhar to the Museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in London 1937 Six volumes lent by the Society to the Library of the British Museum Natural History now the Library of the Natural History Museum ; two volumes of botanical drawings retained in the Society's library 1991 Volumes lent to the Museum returned to the Society for valuation 20 October 1993 Sold by the Society at a Sotheby's auction in London to Goh Geok Khim for Singapore dollar S 3 million 1995 Donated by Goh to the Singapore History Museum now the National Museum of Singapore See Natural History Drawings below pp 32 “33 credit line Front Tapir of Malacca / Tenuk in Jawi Watermark Russell Co 1810 Drawings of Animals Insects and Reptiles of Malacca no 16 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection cite book The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings Singapore Goh Geok Khim 1999 1 82 978-981-3065-82-6 Editions Didier Millet ; National Museum of Singapore 2010 264 978-981-4217-69-9 Caption Malayan Tapir / Cipan/Tenuk / Tapirus indicus http //1 bp blogspot com/-VZ2KvQxj_PI/TmH-58MWnSI/AAAAAAAACgs/1J38V_3dkmk/s1600/1995 2885 jpg other versions PD-Art-100 Tapirus indicus William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings | ||||
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