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Swatow by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

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Swatow

1873

Medium: Collotype
Dimensions: 18 9/16 × 13 3/8" (47.2 × 34 cm) 7 15/16 × 11 5/8" (20.1 × 29.5 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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