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Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.

Buddhist monks receiving lunch at Sutthai Sawan Throne Hall, Bangkok. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

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Buddhist monks receiving lunch at Sutthai Sawan Throne Hall, Bangkok. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the Sutthai Sawan throne hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865/1866.