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281. 10076.i.2, 2(38)

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10076.i.2, 2(38)
Title:
A village group, Trashibiola. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of villagers gathered in the cobbled courtyard of a house in Trashibiola, near Paphos, the owner of the house seated in the centre.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

282. 10076.i.2, 2(39)

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10076.i.2, 2(39)
Title:
Rock-cut tombs, Palæo-Castro. Plain of Paphos. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the entrance to a group of rock-cut caves on the plain outside Paphos, with the sea visible in the distance: 'These rock-cut tombs are found on an eminence which rises out of the plain within sight of the distant ruins of Neo Paphos, and ab...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

283. 10076.i.2, 2(40)

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10076.i.2, 2(40)
Title:
The ruins of Neo Paphos. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Bound in volume out of place after print 47. View of part of the ruins, with figures in the foreground: 'The ruins of Neo Paphos bestrew the shore below the modern town of Ktimu [Ktima] which stands about a mile inland; and judging from the spaces now covered b...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

284. 10076.i.2, 2(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(41)
Title:
The Plain of Paphos. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the plain towards Paphos: 'In the middle-distance of this picture we see a portion of those limestone rocks which the ancients have honeycombed for their tombs, and Ktimu [ie Paphos], the provincial capital, stands about half-a-mile further inlan...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

285. 10076.i.2, 2(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(42)
Title:
Limassol. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the waterfront rooftops of Limassol, 'taken from the top of the Franciscan monastery, where I had been most courteously entertained by the friars.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

286. 10076.i.2, 2(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(43)
Title:
The main street, Limassol. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography 'The accompanying view is taken from the front of the Franciscan monastery, looking westward along the main street which runs parallel to the coast. The courts to the rear of the houses on the left face the sea...The street looks deserted, and is invested ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

287. 10076.i.2, 2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(44)
Title:
The main street in Limassol. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards heavy stone warehouses, with a group of camels in the foreground: 'In this spacious thoroughfare we find evidence of the prosperity of the town, and at the same time discover indications of the insecurity which prevailed under Turkish ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

288. 10076.i.2, 2(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(45)
Title:
Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across fields towards the city: 'It is a place of ruins, a city of the dead, in which the traveller is surprised to encounter a living tenant. It, however, affords shelter to some six hundred Turks, whose wretched abodes are found scattered am...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

289. 10076.i.2, 2(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(46)
Title:
Famagosta harbour. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the ramparts overlooking the harbour: 'The work of fortifying this stronghold has been carried out with a thoroughness which has defied the inroads of time, so that while the whole town has been laid waste, its outer wall still remains i...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

290. 10076.i.2, 2(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(47)
Title:
Ruins at Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography 'This view was taken at Famagosta from the inner side of the moat and opposite the gateway of the north-eastern angle of the wall. The prominent ruin here depicted was singled out as a good example of the present condition of a multitude of churches that were al...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item