357 x 272 mm. A group portrait of British and Malay dignitaries gathered in the garden of the Residency at Kuala Kangsar during the Federal Conference of 1897. With three elephants at the right of the print. At the start of the meeting a telegram telegram of loyalty from the Sultans to Queen Victoria was sent and in the following days various matters relating to federation were discussed. Figures so far identified in the print are: Sir Hugh CLIFFORD (1866-1941), seated on middle elephant; British Resident, Pahang 1896-1899 and later Governor of the Gold Coast (1912-1919), Nigeria (1919-1925), Ceylon (1925-1927) and the Straits Settlements. Sir Frank Athelstane SWETTENHAM, standing to right of the group, wearing boater and white trousers. (?) Sir Charles Bullen Hugh MITCHELL (d. 1899); possibly the figure seated at the left of the main group; Royal Marines 1852-1878; Governor of Fiji 1868-188, Natal and Zululand 1889-1893, Straits Settlements 1893-1899.