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This is a 2004 photograph showing the Merlion, with water spouting from its mouth. It sits on a raised platform on the riverbank against a backdrop of skyscrapers seen in the background. It was created as a mythical half-lion, half-fish icon of Singapore. Title devised by Library staff.
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