Commissioned to create a visual to go alongside with Joshua Ip’s text that reveals more about William Farquhar - a significant but often overlooked player in the earliest days of establishing Singapore. The edenic imagery used is out of respect for Farquhar’s gardens and his love for documenting the flora and fauna. This ebook is released alongside 5 others for free reading online.

Singaporeans are familiar with the popular mythos of Sir Stamford Raffles, sole and exclusive founder of modern Singapore, who called a bustling port into being with his mighty hand … Some may also recall the bumbling idiot William Farquhar, who could not even be trusted to oversee the colony … This ebook attempts to correct this myth and re-establish Farquhar’s significant role vis-à-vis Raffles in the founding of Singapore and its early years (1819-1821), via the colorful medium of rhyming verse.