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Island of Kulangsu by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

Island of Kulangsu

Island of Kulangsu

1863–1873

Medium: Collotype, pl. XII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
Dimensions: Each image: 13 × 28.2 cm (5 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.); Album page: 47.1 × 34.8 cm (18 9/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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