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2. 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
3. 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
4. 10076.i.2, 1(18b)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10076.i.2, 1(18b)
- Title:
- A water-carrier. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
- 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.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1878
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. 10076.i.2, 1(19a)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10076.i.2, 1(19a)
- Title:
- A woman of the labouring class [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
- 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...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1878
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. 10076.i.2, 1(19b)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10076.i.2, 1(19b)
- Title:
- Beggars [Cyprus]. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
- 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...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1878
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. 10076.i.2, 1(Frontis.)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 10076.i.2, 1(Frontis.)
- Title:
- Sir Garnet Wolseley, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
- 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.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1878
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. 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
9. 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
10. Add MS 8262
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8262
- Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, tracts and orations relating to the Papacy, Spain, France, Venice, the German Empire, Austria, Dalmatia, Turkey, Savoy, Florence, Naples, Genoa, and Ethiopia; circa 1494-1585. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes relazioni of: - (a) Spain by Federico Badoer, 1557 (ff. 1-81v): other copies in Add. 29444 (ff. 440-507: dated 1558), Lansdowne 840 A (ff. 31-91: dated 1558), Royal 14.A.XIII (art. 6, ff. 225-384: dated 1558...
- Scope & Content:
- Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-81v Philip II of Spain: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Lorenzo Priuli; Doge of Venice: Federico Badoer, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Spain by Federico Badoer: 1557: Ital: Copy. ff. 82-102v Francis I of France: Andrea ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Italian and Latin
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item