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Monochrome gravure postcards of Cyprus, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons. The postcards were originally stored in an accompanying envelope.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Monochrome gravure postcards of Cyprus, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons. The postcards were originally stored in an accompanying envelope.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Monochrome gravure postcards of Cyprus, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons. The postcards were originally stored in an accompanying envelope.

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175 x 106 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing the interior of a tomb looking towards the entrance, with a Cypriot seated in the foreground: 'The sepulchre here shown is now half-filled up with rubbish, and the entrance to it is through a porch supported by two pillars cut out of solid rock. The interior is nearly square, and in the sides and back wall are recesses designed for the stowage of bodies; while above these again are sundry small shallow niches' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.50).

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204 x 151 mm. A view looking across fields towards the Cathedral ruins.

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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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203 x 152 mm. A view looking towards the stone entrance arch of the Bishop's Palace, with Turkish Cypriots standing to the left of the gateway.

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180 x 115 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing the richly sculptured arches at the entrance to the Cathedral.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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168 x 102 mm. Autotype. A view looking across small walled fields towards the ruins of St Nicholas' Cathedral, converted to a mosque by the Turks and known today as Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque.

Scope and Contents 156 x 100 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the ramparts of the medieval fortress which overlooks the harbour, with fishing boats at anchor in the bay: 'The work of fortifying this stronghold has been carried out with a thoroughness which has defied the inroads of time, so that while the whole town has been laid waste, its outer wall still remains intact. Here and there a thistle or clump of grass has found foothold in some fissure in the massive battlements, but the finely-finished...

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226 x 168 mm. Showing the sandy beach with sunbathers and swimmers. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'One of the most popular swimming places on the island and perhaps the most charming in the whole Eastern Mediterranean. Here, as elsewhere, one can take a swim almost all the year round'.

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204 x 155 mm. A view showing a decorated stone archway. Exact location unidentified.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note Cathedral and Othellos Tower.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note Cathedral and Othello's Tower.

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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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210 x 157 mm. A view looking across rooftops towards the sea, with the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas at the right of the 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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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note the old watergate tower with wreath and lion of Venice over it.

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Half-plate. Noon : 84 boys , four and a half up to 15. The secular master Ahmet Ayabin fez. The Hogga Mustapha Nouri in turban.

Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Scope and Contents From the File:

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

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165 x 116 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing a Cypriot family posed for the camera inside their home: 'The interiors of the dwellings at Avgoru are poor, and their earthen floors are partly taken up in the storage of produce; nevertheless, their occupants are respectably clothed, and seem to turn their labour to good account, for there is an absence of that squalor and misery which we meet with among the poor in more highly-civilized communities' (Thomson, vol.2, p.51).