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The Old Factory Site, Canton by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

The Old Factory Site, Canton

The Old Factory Site, Canton

1863–1873

Medium: Collotype, pl. XVI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 21.4 × 29.3 cm (8 7/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Album page: 34.8 × 47.1 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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