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conway & witt


The image libraries of the Courtauld Institute, London.  The Conway boxes hold photographs and cuttings primarily of architectural works.  The Witt boxes hold photographs and printed reproductions of paintings, drawings, and other planar images.  

The visual archive before the Internet database.


Candida Höfer, Libraries (Thames & Hudson, 2005)

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