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| Keywords: Doorean; Durio stercorae; D. zibethina Linn (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg author anonymous Chinese artist Doorean; Durio stercorae; D zibethina Linn; Durian in en A w watercolour drawing of the durian Durio zibethinus The term Durio stercorae was authored by a botanist in 1790 who must have disliked durian as he likened it to faeces 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 400; National Museum of Singapore SHM1995 3071 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 Front Doorean / Durio stercorae / D zibethina Linn / Durian in Jawi Drawings of Plants of Malacca no 5 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection cite book The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings Singapore Goh Geok Khim 1999 1 102 978-981-3065-82-6 Editions Didier Millet ; National Museum of Singapore 2010 134 978-981-4217-69-9 Caption Durian / Durian / Durio zibethinus http //2 bp blogspot com/-bK5SL35ajHc/TmH-7R1m91I/AAAAAAAACgw/EpSDe50E838/s1600/1995 3071 jpg other versions 100x100px Four drawings of plants from Malacca William Farquhar Collection 1819 “1823 jpg PD-Art-100 Durio zibethinus William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings | ||||
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