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A Street in Macao by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

A Street in Macao

A Street in Macao

1869

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 8 5/16 × 10 5/8 in. (21.1 × 27 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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buildingsStreetsHuman Figures

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