Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of an elderly woman, her arm around the shoulders of a young girl: 'Any attempt to photograph the fleeting expression of sentiment in the human face is almost certain to fail; nevertheless, a chance shot with the camera secured for us the accompa...
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing portrait of a young woman, posed in front of a wall and carrying a large terracotta jar, balanced against her hip.
A woman of the labouring class [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length portrait of a woman, posed in front of a wall and looking off to the left: 'This is a typical woman of the lower orders in Cyprus; one who to a powerful physique, well-formed features, and dark eyes, adds an expression of unflinching resolution. It was so...
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a beggar woman with her two children, the youngest held in her arms: 'The woman shown in the present picture was evidently no professional beggar. She simply presented herself at the doorway of the house where I happened to be lodging; there she waited si...
Sir Garnet Wolseley, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders portrait, in left half-profile and wearing uniform and medals, of Sir Garnet Wolseley, High Commissioner of Cyprus 1878.
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.'
Modern female attire in Cyprus. Photographer: Thomson, John
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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...