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November Effigies by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

November Effigies

November Effigies

1877

Medium: Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London"
Dimensions: 8.9 × 11.5 cm (image/paper)); 27.1 × 20.9 cm (mount)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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