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English: Top: Eugenia racemosa. Under bird: Alced. Bottom: Poko Buah Pootat; Boorong radja oodang (Kingfisher); Pokok Buah Pulat — Burung Raja Udang [in Jawi]. (

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Artist

Unknown author (anonymous Chinese artist).

Title

English: Top: Eugenia racemosa. Under bird: Alced. Bottom: Poko Buah Pootat; Boorong radja oodang (Kingfisher); Pokok Buah Pulat — Burung Raja Udang [in Jawi].

Description

English: A watercolour drawing of the black-capped kingfisher (Alcedo pileata, now Halcyon pileata; known in Malay as the pekaka or burung raja udang), perched on a powder-puff tree (Eugenia racemosa, now Barringtonia racemosa; Malay putat). The drawing is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore commissioned by William Farquhar.

Date

between 1819 and 1823.

Medium

watercolor on paper.

Dimensions

height: 47 cm (18.5 in); width: 30 cm (11.8 in).

Collection

National Museum of Singapore

	Native name	National Museum of Singapore
	Location	Singapore
	Coordinates	1° 17′ 48.19″ N, 103° 50′ 55.1″ E
	Established	1849
	Website	www.nationalmuseum.sg
	Authority file	: Q632689 VIAF: 4988149368844385980008 ISNI: 0000000115165359 LCCN: no2015038033 SUDOC: 069959641 WorldCat

Current location

Goh Seng Choo Gallery.
Singapore.

Accession number

Royal Asiatic Society: RAS016.230; National Museum of Singapore: SHM1995.3217.

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 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.

Inscriptions

Front: top: "Eugenia racemosa"; under bird: "Alced"; bottom: "Poko Buah Pootat / Boorong radja oodang (Kingfisher) / Pokok Buah Pulat — Burung Raja Udang [in Jawi]". Back: "Buah Putate / Brong Rajah Oudang". Watermark: "Edmeads & Pine 1796". Also bears the stamp of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Notes

"Drawings of Birds from Malacca" no. 17 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection.

References

(1999) The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, 1, Singapore: Goh Geok Khim, pp. 118 ISBN: 978-981-3065-82-6.
Laura Dozier (ed.) (2010) Natural History Drawings: The Complete William Farquhar Collection: Malay Peninsula, 1803–1818, Singapore: Editions Didier Millet; National Museum of Singapore, pp. 222 ISBN: 978-981-4217-69-9. Caption: "Black-capped Kingfisher / Pekaka Kopiah Hitam / Halcyon pileata".

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[1].

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