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258 x 178 mm. A large display of decorated earthenware lamps.

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203 x 152 mm. A view showing the ruins of Lapethos (now known as Lambousa), one of the ancient city kingdoms on the north coast of Cyprus.

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

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

Scope and Contents 180 x 119 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the Larnaca (also known as Lárnax) waterfront with balconied houses looking onto jetties and quays: 'Rude fetties invade the sea, while the shore bristles with wooden piles, the wrecks of landing stages, or waterside cafes. Larnaca, indeed, looks as if it had been groping its way seawards, with a thousand antennae, in search of purer air or social reform. Nevertheless, its old-world aspect, its rich colours, its quaint architecture, and even...

Scope and Contents 172 x 67 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the northern portion of the Marine showing waterfront houses: 'When the island was transferred to British rule speculators flocked to Larnaca, and companies were started in London for the immediate development of Cyprus. The place was to be raised from the dust, and become an Eastern El Dorado. The result was that rents for such houses as are pictured in the photograph rose from forty to three hundred or four hundred pounds a year' (Thomson...

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). 'The leper hospital is one and a half miles from Nicosia. All lepers of Cyprus are segregated here: distant village Eylanja built against the rocks: white church where St. Paul is said to have preached'.

Scope and Contents 160 x 232 mm. Photographic copy of a letter (in Greek) written in the aftermath of Ottoman reprisals against Greek Cypriots for their support for the Greek War of Independence. The letter is probably dated 5 December 1821 and bears the stamp of Trymithountos Spiridon, the Bishop of Trymithountos, who had escaped the executions of prominent Greek Cypriot religious and social figures and fled to Europe. It seeks to mobilise European support for alleviating the sufferings of the Greek Cypriot...

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

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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...

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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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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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The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

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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.