Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the small harbour, with local craft at their moorings, towards the ramparts of the castle on the far side: 'Kerynia, at one time the capital of a small kingdom, but at present little beyond a village, boasts the only harbour on the nort...
Kerynia, showing the camp of the 42nd Highlanders. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking over the flat rooftops of the town towards the mountains beyond. The military encampment of tents of the Black Watch Regiment can be seen in the far distance at the foot of the mountains.
St. Nicholas, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
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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...
Channel Squadron Gate, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
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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...