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Old Junks by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

Old Junks

Old Junks

1863–1873

Medium: Collotype, pl. XIX from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
Dimensions: Image: 17.2 × 27.9 cm (6 13/16 × 11 in.); Album page: 34.7 × 47.2 cm (13 11/16 × 18 5/8 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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