Photograph·pht_00754·c.1918

Ancient harbour gate, Famagusta

Ancient harbour gate, Famagusta
Photograph: J.P.Foscolo, c.1918. pht_00754. "Ancient harbour gate, Famagusta". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

Black and white photographic postcard of three men and a donkey outside the ancient harbour gate in Famagusta (The Sea Gate). To the right one can just see the large Venetian sculpture of a lion that lies to the right of the gate

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Printed top left: Ancient harbour gate, Famagusta, Cyprus

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