John Thomson

A Hong-Kong Sedan Chair; A Chineses School-Boy; A Chinese Girl; A Hong-Kong Artist

c. 1868
Collotype, pl. IV from the album "Illustrations of China and its People, Volume I" (1873)
10.8 × 10 cm (4.3 × 3.9 in)

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