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John Thomson

View from Koong-Yan-Shang Temple

ca. 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
14.4 × 23.3 cm (5.7 × 9.2 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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