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241. 10076.i.2, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(9)
Title:
Youth and old age [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of two women, seated in front of a wall, the young woman with a basket in her lap.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

242. 10076.i.2, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(10)
Title:
Cypriote peasants. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of two Cypriot men, one facing the camera, the other in profile: 'The two men represented in this picture were selected at random from a throng of peasants, such as may be seen any day in the streets of Larnaca...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

243. 10076.i.2, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(11)
Title:
Channel Squadron Gate, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the fortified gateway: 'Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, stands in the centre of the island, on the Plain of Mesorea, four hundred feet above the sea. It is connected with Larnaca by a carriage-road, which has recently been repaired and rendered available...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

244. 10076.i.2, 1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(12)
Title:
Nicosia, from the city wall. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the city: 'Nicosia may be seen to greatest advantage from the summit of its wall. In the distances rises a forest of tapering minarets, that contrast well with graceful palms, and with the undulating lines of foliage that mark the sites o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

245. 10076.i.2, 1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(13)
Title:
Nicosia, from the city wall. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography A second view from the city wall, with distant buildings framed by palm trees in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

246. 10076.i.2, 1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(14)
Title:
St. Sophia, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the street, looking towards the former cathedral of St Sophia, now the Selimiye Mosque.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

247. 10076.i.2, 1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(15)
Title:
St. Nicholas, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the doorway of the church: 'Hard by the Cathedral of St. Sophia stands a church once dedicated to St. Nicholas but now used as a granary, whose richly-sculptured portal, the subject of this photograph, is one of the finest examples to be found in C...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

248. 10076.i.2, 1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(16)
Title:
Native group, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group of young and older men: 'The accompanying group was taken in front of the ancient Cathedral (now a mosque) of St. Sophia. A friendly-disposed crowd of spectators had gathered round the mosque to witness the process of photographing the exterior of the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

249. 10076.i.2, 1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(17)
Title:
On the ramparts, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from the ramparts, looking over the surrounding country, with two men posed in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item

250. 10076.i.2, 1(18a)

Reference (shelfmark):
10076.i.2, 1(18a)
Title:
An aged Cyriote. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
1 item