Bellapais Abbey, near Kyrenia, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1878.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1878
Reference:
19018i
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Scrubland with ruins of the mediaeval abbey at foot of the hills to the right

Publication/Creation

1878.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

(Palotzea ?) monastery. To be reversed. (Palalyse ?) (native name) Bears Thomson's negative number: "383"

Notes

This is one of a collection of original glass negatives made by John Thomson. The negatives, made between 1868 and 1872, were purchased from Thomson by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1921

Reference

Wellcome Collection 19018i

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