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Prince Kung by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

Prince Kung

Prince Kung

1863–1873

Medium: Collotype, pl. I from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 29 × 19.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Album page: 47 × 34.8 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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