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View of Swatow Harbour by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

View of Swatow Harbour

View of Swatow Harbour

1869

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 7 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (19.6 × 27.2 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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