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John Thomson

Pure Spring Cave, near Sing Chang

ca. 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
25.5 × 21.3 cm (10 × 8.4 in)

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

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