MAKE A MEME View Large Image Tibang Muntooa (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg author anonymous Chinese artist A w watercolour drawing of the Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil; known in Malay language Malay as burung enggang tebang The bird's tail has been ...
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Keywords: Tibang Muntooa (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg author anonymous Chinese artist A w watercolour drawing of the Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil; known in Malay language Malay as burung enggang tebang The bird's tail has been depicted longer than it is on actual specimens It is now scarce in Malaysia and extinct in Singapore 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 5 55 Institution National Museum of Singapore Goh Seng Choo Gallery <br> Singapore accession number Royal Asiatic Society RAS016 215; National Museum of Singapore SHM1995 3202 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 N<sup>o</sup> 1 / Tibang Muntooa Watermark Russell Co 1810 Drawings of Birds from Malacca no 2 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection cite book The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings Singapore Goh Geok Khim 1999 1 116 plate 22 978-981-3065-82-6 Editions Didier Millet ; National Museum of Singapore 2010 231 978-981-4217-69-9 Caption Helmeted Hornbill / Burung Enggang Tebang / Buceros vigil http //sg lifestyleasia com/var/lifestyleasia/storage/images/media/images/william-farquhar-collection-of-natural-history-drawings/3792474-1-eng-GB/william-farquhar-collection-of-natural-history-drawings_cover_655x380 jpg other versions PD-Art-100 Rhinoplax vigil William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings
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