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Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.

Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), fl. 1860-1885

1 painting : watercolour ; image 9.7 x 21.2 cm

Singapore: view from the beach at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: a person with dogs in the Botanical Gardens. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: St. John's Island and The Sisters from the beach at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: two Singaporean men carrying a yoke and smoking pipes. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: a moonlit view across the bay at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Invitation from the Maharajah of Johore. Engraving, 1881.

Singapore: view across the Johore Straits. Watercolour by J. E. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: view along the beach by Singlap. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: view towards Singapore from the beach at Tanjong Katong at sunset. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: view across the harbour to Fort Canning and the cathedral. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: sunset over the harbour. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: bungalows under coconut palms at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: evening view of the Johore River. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: evening view of the entrance to the harbour. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: Chinese junks in the rain at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Malaya: a pony and trap being driven down a country road. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: a white man out hunting with a native guide. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: a hill known as "Mount Echo". Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

A dead waterhen (moorhen). Watercolour by J.E. Taylor, 1880.

Singapore: a view along the beach at Pasar Panjong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Malaya: a ship and many small boats off the coast of Penang Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Malaya: a man at the foot of a huge waterfall on Penang Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Singapore: five separate illustrations of Asian game birds and a weighing device. Watercolours by J. Taylor, 1879.

Malaya: a steam yacht in the entrance to the Lower Klang River, Selangor. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1880.

Malaya: a white hunter resting in the shade as native Malays wait nearby in long grass. Pen drawing by J. Taylor, c. 1879.

Malaya: a line of white men out hunting accompanied by native Malays. Transfer lithograph after J. Taylor, c. 1879.

Singapore: a hunting pony being held by a native Malay groom. Wash drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: three native people known as "klings", and one "dhirzie" or tailor. Photographs by J. Taylor, c. 1880.

Singapore: a Chinese soup seller. Photograph by J. Taylor, c. 1880.

Singapore: two Malay women and a tethered draught-bullock. Photographs by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: a Mohammedan praying. Photograph by J. Taylor, c. 1880.

Malaya: Chinese merchants and carriages outside their club house on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Malaya: Chinese merchants grouped outside their club house on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Malaya: Fort Cornwallis on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Malaya: the officers' mess and major's quarters on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Malaya: a magistrate's house located by a Malay beach. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Malaya: Captain China surrounded by his Chinese and Malay followers. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Malaya: two seated Malay dignatories, Tengku Zia Uddin and Raja Ismail, surrounded by their staff and Klang Police. Photograph by J. Birch, 1874.

Malaya: the infantry barracks on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Malaya: a guarded fort at Selangor. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Singapore: a fort at Tanjong Katong. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

India: mountainous terrain from Khandala in the Western Ghats mountains. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

India: a stretch of railway in the Western Ghats mountain range. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

India: Hindu temples on a hillside at Pune. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

India: a lake and village near Khandala in the Western Ghats mountains. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: a large bungalow with people having drinks in the garden around a large traveller's palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: a large bungalow for British officers with tropical plants in the garden. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

The Hon. Hoh-Ah-Kay Whampoa, C.M.G., M.L.C., and Consul for Russia, China and Japan. Photograph by J. Taylor, c. 1881.

Singapore: a view across part of Blakang Mati Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1880.

Singapore: a stubborn horse at the start of Singapore racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: a police officer clearing two race-goers from the racecourse. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: two race-going celebrities talk as a race horse is ridden past them. Pen and ink drawing by J. Taylor, 1881.

Malaya: steam yacht of the governor of the Straits Settlement on a Malaysian river. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Singapore: a western hunter and native Malays with a background view of the Roman Catholic Mission Church at Bukit Timah. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Singapore: two large traveller's palms (Ravenala madagascariensis) in the garden of a club house. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Singapore: officers and men of the Royal Engineers employed in building fortifications. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1878.

Malaya: houses of inhabitants on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1881.

Malta: the armoury of the Governor's Palace. Photograph by H. Agius, c. 1881.

Malta: view of Grand Harbour and buildings along Barriera wharf towards Fort Lascaris and Upper Barrakka. Photograph by H. Agius, c. 1881.

Malaya: men sitting in a cave near Kuala Lumpur. Watercolour by J. Taylor, c. 1881.

An altar bearing a Latin inscription surrounded by an array of human skulls and bones and a cloaked skeleton. Photograph by J. Taylor, c. 1881.

Malaya: the sea from the coast of Malacca. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1880.

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Malaya: the sea from the coast of Malacca. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1880.

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