Inscription in Thai on bronze elephant, Arts House : close-up
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06 Jun 2007
Photographed By Pang, Gerald
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This photograph is a close-up of the inscription in Thai. The English translation has the words "His Majesty Somdech Phra Paramindr Maha Chulalonkorn - The Supreme King of Siam landed at Singapore, the first foreign land visited by a Siamese monarch on the 16th March, 1871". Title devised by Library staff. “พระบาท สมเดจพระ ปรมินทรมหาจุฬาลงกรณ์ พระ จุลจอมเกล้าเจ้ากรุงสยาม ได้เสดจพระราชดำเนินฃึ้นเมืองสิงคโปร์ เปนแผ่นดินต่างประเทศ ครั้งแรก ที่พระเจ้าแผ่นดินสยาม ได้เสดจพระราชดำเนิน เมื่อ ณวัน ๕ฯ ๑๑ ๔ ค่ำปีมเมียโทศ๊ก ๑๒๓๒”--Transcription contributed by Heng Wei Kiat.
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