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This is a photograph of the white polymarble statue of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (b.1781-d.1826), a British Colonial official and the founder of modern Singapore, installed at North Boat Quay, marking the landing site of Raffles in January 1819. On the opposite bank are shophouses along Boat Quay and the skyscrapers, namely, (from left to right) UOB Plaza, OUB Centre, OCBC Centre and Pickering Operations Complex. The statue, unveiled in 1972, was based on a bronze statue cast by British artist, Mr. Thomas Woolner (b.1825-d.1892) in 1887. The bronze statue is now located outside Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall. Title devised by Library staff.