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A Canton Trading Junk

A work made of collotype, pl. viii from the album "illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873).
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  • A work made of collotype, pl. viii from the album "illustrations of china and its people, volume i" (1873).

Date:

c. 1868

Artist:

John Thomson
Scottish, 1837–1921

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

John Thomson

Title

A Canton Trading Junk

Place

Scotland (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1863–1873

Medium

Collotype, pl. VIII from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)

Dimensions

Image: 13.5 × 28.8 cm (5 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.); Album page: 35 × 47.1 cm (13 13/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. George R. Rinhart, and Charles C. Cunningham, Samuel P. Avery Endowment

Reference Number

1971.403a.8

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