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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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156 x 211 mm. A view showing the gnarled olive tree in the garden of the 18th century consulate of the English Levant Company in Old Larnaca where Cobham lived for much of his time in Cyprus.

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Half-plate (landscape format).

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Half-plate (landscape format). Front donkey carries wineskins, back donkey wood.

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176 x 120 mm. Autotype. A view showing two Cypriots standing on the city walls with hills and the road from Nicosia visible in the distance.

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151 x 202 mm. The scene at Lancaster House, London, at the start of the Cyprus conference. Representatives of Britain, Greece and Turkey were joined by the leaders of the Greek and Cypriot communities in Cyprus.

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163 x 211 mm. A studio photograph of a carving of a male head, with beard and pointed cap, in mixed Oriental-Assyrian style.

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162 x 211 mm. A studio photograph of a full length statue (broken below waist) of a bearded man dressed in a long sleeveless tunic; carved in mixed Oriental-Assyrian style.

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158 x 210 mm. A studio photograph of a full length statue of a bearded man dressed in a long sleeveless tunic; carved in mixed Oriental-Assyrian style.

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160 x 210 mm. A studio photograph of three figures with animal head masks carved in mixed (?) Oriental-Assyrian style.

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162 x 212 mm. A studio photograph of two warriors carved in mixed Oriental-Assyrian style.

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162 x 212 mm. A studio photograph of a figure playing a double flute, carved in mixed Oriental-Egyptian style.

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163 x 212 mm. A studio photograph of a man carved in mixed Oriental-Egyptian style.

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156 x 211 mm. A studio photograph of a man carved in mixed Oriental-Egyptian style.

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162 x 213 mm. A studio photograph of a man, carved in mixed Oriental-Egyptian style.

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162 x 211 mm. A studio photograph of a man carved in mixed Oriental-Egyptian style.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Persian wheel and fruit garden.

Scope and Contents Turkey had invaded Cyprus on 20 July 1974, fearing that the rights of the island’s Turkish minority were threatened by the recent EOKA coup advocating union with Greece. Once the fighting ceased, the island remained divided, and the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus was founded on 13 February 1975 in the northeastern area under Turkish control. This Turkish Cypriot political poster was collected in 1975 by the geologist Edward Spooner, who was surveying a copper mine at Limni on the...

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227 x 172 mm. Showing women packing fruit into crates in a factory. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'Packing, in Limassol on the South Coast of Cyprus, citrus fruit for Export. Greeks and Turks live and work together in friendly coexistence'.

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Showing the Palace which was badly damaged in the coup and Turkish Air Raids (July - August 1974).

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). From the moving train.

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Two prints, measuring 233 x 173 mm. When joined, they form a panoramic view of the old city walls from the harbour, with sailing ships moored at the wharf on the left hand side, and the ruins of St Katherine's Church visible beyond the walls on the right hand print.

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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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A panorama composed of 6 joined prints measuring 1092 x 151 mm. A small part of the caption is illegible having been inked over. The panorama is taken from a pier in the harbour looking back towards the waterfront. At the left (south) are waterfront houses and jetties with a landing wharf piled high with barrels and sacks of provisions in the centre. At the right, four soldiers on a jetty watch the photographer. Photograph by E. Carletti and Co.