Paphos, Cyprus. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1878.
- Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
- Date:
- 1981
- Reference:
- 19027i
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Description
View of the inside of a cavernous tomb, looking out. On the left, a (living) man squatting on a ledge. On the right, a shaft of sunlight from the mouth of the tomb
Publication/Creation
1981
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Entrance to a tomb Paphos Cyprus
Bears Thomson's negative number: "387"
Notes
This is one of a collection of same-size contact prints made, in 1981, from John Thomson's original negatives. The glass negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921 and are now in the Wellcome Institute Library
Reference
Wellcome Collection 19027i