Bust of a Chinese Gentleman

Bust of a Chinese Gentleman

Public art

About

In 1939 William George Stirling gave this bronze bust, which he sculpted himself, to the Raffles Museum, now the National Museum of Singapore. It shows his idea of a typical Chinese merchant rather than a real person, and was reinstalled in the Singapore History Gallery in 2013.

Written by DealSingapore from the facts in the English Wikipedia article on Bust of a Chinese Gentleman.

Facts and sources

Names
EN Bust of a Chinese Gentleman한국어 중국인 신사 흉상 Wikidata Q112050855; Korean by DealSingapore (NIKL loanword rules)
Planning area
Downtown Core URA Master Plan 2025
Opening hours
Not in our sources NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01
Data
/api/sight/bust-of-a-chinese-gentleman.json The same facts as JSON, for apps and AI agents

Getting there

City Hall · Exit B The exit nearest this place, 273 m in a straight line (station 272 m). Not a walking route Open in Google Maps

Area

Civic District 160 m from the centre of the area Clarke Quay 638 m from the centre of the area

Nearby

National Gallery Singapore Museum · 25 m away Former City Hall Architecture · 29 m away Former Supreme Court Architecture · 113 m away The Padang Historic site · 149 m away St. Andrew's Cathedral Church · 179 m away Parliament House Block C Historic site · 197 m away

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