A rare complete set of four antique views of Java. These unique prints were published in the Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c. John Murray, London, 1830. The memoir itself is a glowing and detailed biography by Raffles’ second wife, Sophia Hull (1786-1858).

Images descriptions,

• A party on horseback crossing a river at Buitenzorg (present day Bogor) in Java, with Gunung Salak in the background.
• Two views from the summer residence of the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, taken over by Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) when he became Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies during the Napoleonic Wars.
• A scarce view of the monument to Charles Allan Cathcart (1759-1788), sent to China in 1787 as the East India Company's ambassador, but dying on route. With only 1500 printed in 1830. Engraved after William Daniell and drawn during his two visits to the Far East.

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, (1781 – 1826) was a British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his founding of Modern Singapore. He was heavily involved in the conquest of the Indonesian island of Java from Dutch and French military forces during the Napoleonic Wars and contributed to the expansion of the British Empire. He was also an amateur writer and wrote a book titled The History of Java (1817).