Ploughing; Carriage; Cotton Spinning; Selling Sweets — John Thomson | DiscoverArt

Ploughing; Carriage; Cotton Spinning; Selling Sweets

ca. 1869

Albumen silver print from glass negative

10 × 14.8 cm (3.9 × 5.8 in)

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