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View of the Great Wall, China by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

View of the Great Wall, China

View of the Great Wall, China

1866–1876

Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 18.6 x 23.5 cm (7 5/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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England, 19th century

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