Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

  • Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.
Date:
1878
Reference:
19540i
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Description

A group of Greek Orthodox monks standing on an open loggia, with round-arched supports to the roof and a wooden balustrade. The loggia opens to the left of the photograph. Some of the monks look out to the countryside

Publication/Creation

1878.

Physical description

1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion

Lettering

Pantilemoni monks Bears Thomson's negative number: "646"

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 19540i

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