Pagoda on the Execution Ground, Foochow — John Thomson | DiscoverArt

Pagoda on the Execution Ground, Foochow

ca. 1869

Albumen silver print from glass negative

33.9 × 24.9 cm (13.3 × 9.8 in)

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