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Reeling Silk by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

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Reeling Silk

1873

Medium: Collotype
Dimensions: 18 11/16 × 13 9/16" (47.5 × 34.5 cm) 4 3/8 × 3 9/16" (11.1 × 9 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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