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John Thomson — Swatow
John Thomson

Swatow

1868

A sweeping view of the bustling port city captures the commercial vitality of this important trading center along China's southeastern coast.

Medium
Collotype, pl. VI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)

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John Thomson, Swatow, 1868

A sweeping view of the bustling port city captures the commercial vitality of this important trading center along China's southeastern coast.

Medium
Collotype, pl. VI from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume II" (1873)
Year
1868
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, China, Documentary Photography, Scottish, Landscape, Historical, Ethnographic, Sepia Tones, Collotype, Travelogue

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art