Kantara

English, as on the record

Edmont Duthoit was a French draftsman from Amiens who came to Cyprus as a member of the second French mission to Phoenicia organized by Viollet-le-Duc. The mission consisted of Count De Vogue, Henri William Widdington and Edmonmt Duthoit and visited Cyprus in 1862 and 1865. Duthoit made more that three hundred sketches of Cyprus and was particularly fascinated by the Gothic monuments on the island. This is a most romantic view of Kantara castle taken from the foothill of the mountain and inscribed by the artist in French.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed: [Long hand-written text in French] Inscribed on back: with 3 drawings of the fortifications, view from the North and the entrance.