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155 x 202 mm. Members of the British delegation at the London Ministerial Meeting on Cyprus are pictured here at the opening session in the Foreign Office, London.
From left are: Mr. Julien Amery, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Colonies; Mr. John Profumo, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Sir Knox Helm, British Member of the London Committee on Cyprus; and Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of Cyprus.

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223 x 173 mm. Showing a Cypriot woman weaving a patterned cloth. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'The famous, colourful textile (for curtains and table covers) woven in Lefkoniko looms'.

Scope and Contents 132 x 191 mm. Mounted on card and captioned by Cobham. Showing Count Luigi Palma di Cesnola seated beside a semi-colossal statue found at Aghios Photios in 1870. This figure is described thus: '... one of semi-colossal dimensions, the body of which is in an admirable state of preservation; the head, arms, and feet were at first missing, but I had the good fortune to recover them from the different peasants who had carried them off. They are now united [and thus seen in the print], and...

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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Quarter-plate. In the harbour Kyrenia : cut out wood has just been brought from Maramania, Asia Minor.

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Quarter-plate. [Fogged].

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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Half-plate.

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Half-plate.

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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318 x 145 mm. A view showing masks and miscellaneous statuettes including representations of gladiators, a dolphin, other animals and female figures.

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152 x 107mm. A view looking along a hillside towards the tents of the military encampment on Mount Troodos, set on a hilltop among woodland.

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151 x 198 mm. A view showing the remaining spire on the west front of the Cathedral of St Nicholas with low buildings in the foreground.

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211 x 163 mm. A studio photograph of 11 miscellaneous figures carved in (?) archaic Cypriot style

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191 x 151 mm. A studio photograph of 17 miscellaneous small figures, carved in Egyptian style.

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'No. 245' written below title.

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213 x 160 mm. A studio photograph of three stone heads carved in mixed Oriental-Cypriot style.

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209 x 156 mm. A studio photograph of three stone heads carved in mixed Oriental-Cypriot style.

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213 x 160 mm. A studio photograph of two stone heads carved in mixed Oriental-Cypriot style.

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213 x 161 mm. A studio photograph of two stone heads carved in mixed Oriental-Cypriot style.

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163 x 212 mm. A studio photograph of a woman holding a sprig of leaves, broken at the waist, and carved in a mixed Oriental style.

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159 x 204 mm. A studio photograph of three statues carved in a mixed Oriental style.

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164 x 214 mm. A studio photograph of two figures, carved in a mixed Oriental style.

Scope and Contents This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...

Scope and Contents 84 x 115 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing two Cypriot women in skirts in the European style: '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 than the costumes shown in the accompanying plate. The one worn by the figure in the background is probably a relic of some severe pre-Turkish period, while the other is purely...