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291. 10076.i.2, 2(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(48)
Title:
The front of St. Katherine's Church (now a mosque) [sic], Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the façade, with minaret to the left. The caption is incorrect: the view in fact shows the Church of St Nicholas, later the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. In the left foreground 'stands one of the most imposing specimens of the present architecture of the pl...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

292. 10076.i.2, 2(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(49)
Title:
Entrance to the Cathedral, Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view from the left looking towards the triple-arched entrance to the former Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, later the Lala Mustafa Mosque.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

293. 10076.i.2, 2(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(50)
Title:
A rock-cut tomb, Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Interior view, looking towards the entrance, of the a rock-cut tomb, with a figure seated in the niche in the foreground: 'The interior is nearly square, and in the sides and back wall are recesses designed for the stowage of bodies; while above these again are...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

294. 10076.i.2, 2(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(51)
Title:
Group at Avgoru. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group of a man, women and children, in a house at Avgorou, 'a small village half-way between Larnaca and Famagosta, and about five miles inland...The interiors of the dwellings at Avgoru are poor, and their earthen floors are partly taken up in the storage o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

295. 10076.i.2, 2(52a)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(52a)
Title:
The village priest, Avgoru. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of the priest at Avgorou, seated with arms folded, looking off to the left: 'At Avgorou, even the village priest provides his own subsistence by the work of his own hands, although he also enjoys a small, fluctuating stipend in the shape of offer...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

296. 10076.i.2, 2(52b)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(52b)
Title:
A Cypriote boy. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait of a young boy, the son of the priest of Avgorou seen in print 52a.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

297. 10076.i.2, 2(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(53)
Title:
Mules and donkeys. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View taken in a village street, showing the owner of a group of donkeys seated on one of the animals: 'Mules for a photographer possess a most peculiar charm, arising from the perfect immobility of their repose once they have come to a halting-place.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

298. 10076.i.2, 2(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 2(54)
Title:
Modern female attire in Cyprus. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of two women: 'Nowadays, the attire of Cypriote women is frequently so simple as to suggest its being designed for comfort and convenience rather than for aesthetic display. There could, for instance, be nothing more simple or modest tha...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

299. L.R.407.f.24, 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.407.f.24, 1(1)
Title:
Mrs Beaufroy, by Gainsborough. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Photographic copy of the Gainsborough portrait, from the collection of Alfred de Rothschild.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1884
Extent:
1 item

300. L.R.407.f.24, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.407.f.24, 1(2)
Title:
Miss Angelo, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Photographic copy of the Reynolds portrait, from the collection of Alfred de Rothschild.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1884
Extent:
1 item