Elephant statue at Old Parliament House : general view
- Arts
- Heirwin M. Nasir
- 8 Apr 2004
This 2004 photograph shows a statue of a bronze elephant with white tusks, mounted on a high white pedestal in the middle of a granite walkway. Inscribed on the black marble plaque are 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.
Credit Line
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.
Subjects
- Arts>>Visual Arts>>Sculpture
- Animal sculpture--Singapore--Photographs
- Statues--Singapore--Photographs
- Sculpture--Singapore--Photographs
- Arts>>Sculpture
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PAVED GRANITE WALKWAY -
Elephant statue -
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Chinese word -
Bronze elephant, presented by King Chulalongkorn of Siam during his visit to Singapore in 1871, at its original site in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall -
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