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Cyprus (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 527 Collections and/or Records:

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Life in a refugee camp, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/14
Scope and Contents

200,000 Cypriots had to be temporarily housed in tents as a result of the Turkish invasion.

Dates: 1974
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Limassol, Cyprus, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1115
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908
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Limassol [i.e. Lemesós], 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/16
Scope and Contents 180 x 115 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the rooftops of the town, towards the harbour: 'The town itself is, undoubtedly, the finest in the island. Its houses, when seen from a distance, appear embowered in green, and there is a general air of prosperity about the place which is most refreshing to behold. An imposing array of buildings of honest brick and stone, and an extensive acreage of tiled roofs, suggest both comfort and competence.The view here presented was taken...
Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: The original typescript catalogue uses a different system to number the photographs from that used in the actual volumes. For the purposes of this catalogue the numbering in the actual volumes has been used. KS.
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Limassol [i.e. Lemesós], Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/102
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 1900
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[Looms at Lefkoniko], 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/24
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1965
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Louis P. di Cesnola, Golgoi, Hagios Photios, 1870, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018I/2
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...
Dates: 1870 - 1879
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Making silk into threads, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1171
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908
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Making the sleigh for the threshing floors, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1182
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1908
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Making thick felt of wool for saddle, Nicosia, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1199
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [Fogged].

Dates: 1908
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Man in Cyprus costume, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/4
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 1900
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Marble Venus, Nicosia Museum, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1202
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Marble Venus, Nicosia Museum, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1203
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Marine Street, Larnaca (Cyprus), 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/92
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 1900
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[Masks and other figures], 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018C/47
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1881
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Minaret, St Nicholas, Famagusta

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018E/18
Scope and Contents

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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[Miscellaneous statuettes], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/27
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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[Miscellaneous statuettes], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/30
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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Miss Young's visitors camp, Troodos Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/60
Scope and Contents

'No. 245' written below title.

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental-Cypriot. Three heads], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/6
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental-Cypriot. Three heads], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/8
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental-Cypriot. Two heads], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/5
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental-Cypriot. Two heads], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/7
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental. Statue of a woman], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/15
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental. Three statues], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/14
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900
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[Mixed Oriental. Two statues], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018F/13
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1900