A pair of bronze figures that look deep in conversation now stand at Fort Canning Park -- the site of Singapore's first botanical garden. One is of Stamford Raffles, who landed in Singapore 200 years ago.
A pair of bronze figures that look deep in conversation now stand at Fort Canning Park -- the site of Singapore's first botanical garden. One is of Stamford Raffles, who landed in Singapore 200 years ago. The other is of Dr Nathaniel Wallich -- a botanist and close friend of Raffles -- who helped create that first garden. The "Scholars in Conversation" artwork is the work of British sculptor Andrew Lacey.
A pair of bronze figures that look deep in conversation now stand at Fort Canning Park -- the site of Singapore's first botanical garden. One is of Stamford Raffles, who landed in Singapore 200 years ago. The other is of Dr Nathaniel Wallich -- a botanist and close friend of Raffles -- who helped create that first garden. The "Scholars in Conversation" artwork is the work of British sculptor Andrew Lacey.
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