1864 Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie from La réception des ambassadeurs du Siam à Fontainebleau by Jean-Léon Gérôme (Musée national du château de Fontainebleau)

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This whole painting by Gérôme, available here, shows Thai ambassadors prostrate before the Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial in 1864.

1864 Napoleon_III_Eugenie from La réception des ambassadeurs du Siam à Fontainebleau by Jean-Léon Gérôme (Musée national du château de Fontainebleau)
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