| VOP Code: | KSN585 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Fort Cornwallis |
| Keywords: | Light St, Fort Road / Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, flagstaff, light house, monuments, Aerial photo from Bank Bumiputra building, city bus, car park |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: just off the roundabout connecting Light St and Beach St / Lebuh Pantai, aerial view from King Edward Place corner, Details: view of ramparts and stellar plan of the fort, famous bunga raya musical fountain to roundabout, Materials: fort, brick and lime mortar, Personalities: Francis Light founder of the original fort, clock tower donated by Cheah Chen Eok, George Town |
| Year: | |
| Source: | The KSN Collection |
Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Fort Cornwallis
How to request an image?
The images are copyright to the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library.
Postal address:
SOAS Library, University of London
Thornhaugh Street
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London
WC1H 0XG
Manuscript Reference Number: MS 40320
Acknowledgement:
We would like to thank the Archives and Special Collections, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London, for providing access to the Light Letters Collection. We are particularly indebted to Susannah Rayner, who was head of Archives and Special Collections at SOAS Library and Erich Kesse, the Digital Library Project Officer at SOAS Library. Our gratitude goes to Dr. Mulaika Hijjas, Professor Ernst Ulrich Kratz and Dato’ Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop. Our appreciation is also extended to Zulqarnain Abu Bakar, Muhaimin Sulam, M Pisol Mat Isa, M Nuri al-Amin and Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob of the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
Accuracy:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the transliteration and summary for each letter. Any comment and feedback are welcomed.
For Further Information, Please Contact
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican ([email protected]), Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Mr. Abdur-Rahman Mohamed Amin ([email protected]), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
