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John Thomson
Street Scene, Larnaca, Cyprus
1878
Albumen print, from dry collodion negative
Christie's - London
Courtesy of Christie's, London (www.christies.com)
LL/31356
When John Thomson arrived, he found extreme poverty in the towns, buildings in ruins, and many of the people hungry. (John Hannavy, 2008)
This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)
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