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Spinning Cotton by John Thomson — VisualArtsDB

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Spinning Cotton

1874

Medium: Collotype
Dimensions: 18 9/16 × 13 3/8" (47.2 × 34 cm) 4 5/16 × 3 7/8" (11 × 9.8 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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