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Amoy Harbour by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

Amoy Harbour

Amoy Harbour

1863–1873

Medium: Collotype, pl. XIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 13.9 × 30.1 cm (5 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.); Album page: 34.6 × 47.2 cm (13 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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