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Ancient Costumes by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

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Ancient Costumes

1873

Medium: Collotype
Dimensions: 18 9/16 × 13 3/8" (47.2 × 34 cm) 4 3/4 × 3 1/16" (12 × 7.7 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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