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Watercolour of a woman in a white dress and hat holding a book on a dirt path with two dogs, under tall trees and palms at sunset.

Woman with dogs on a path in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 1879

A watercolour of a shaded path in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, with a woman in a long white dress and wide-brimmed hat holding a book, accompanied by two dogs, one black and one lying down. Tall trees, palms and a pink-tinted sunset sky frame the scene in a loose, sketch-like style.

Artist
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885
Date
1879
Medium
Travel sketches Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3118 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1879.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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