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Attributed to John Thomson (1837-1921). Nine Arch Bridge outside Soochow [Suzhou, China], c. 1869, albumen print, 24.0 x 33.9 cm, ghosting figures lower left corner, together with Attributed to John Thomson (1837-1921). Great Pagoda in Foochow [Fuzhou] the largest in China, c. 1869, albumen print, 23.6 x 33.2 cm, both with slight marginal fading and light browning to upper blank corners from adhesive see-through, mounted on album leaves, 27.5 x 38.5 cm, with contemporary calligraphic brown ink captions in an unidentified hand at foot (Qty: 2) For the same attribution of the first photograph see an identical one in the Gilman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 2005.100.494.92. For a similar view of the second photograph with a Thomson attribution see accession number 2005.100.494.90. For stereoview photographs with similar titles see the Oriental Series published by Thomas Houseworth San Francisco, 1869, Nos. 35 & 31: The Nine-Arched Bridge, near Soochow [and] The Largest Pagoda in China, at Foochow.