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Minister of Foreign Affairs by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

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Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs

1865

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: 20.2 × 15.5 cm (7 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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