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Macao by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

Macao

Macao

1963–1973

Medium: Collotype, pl. XXIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 20.2 × 30 cm (8 × 11 13/16 in.); Album page: 34.7 × 47.1 cm (13 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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