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Painting·PNT-00468·1922

On the N. coast of Cyprus, at Ayios Ambrossios

On the N. coast of Cyprus, at Ayios Ambrossios
Painting: H.W. Seton - Karr, 1922. PNT-00468. "On the N. coast of Cyprus, at Ayios Ambrossios". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

A romantic view of the Kyrenia mountain range as it appears from the village of Ayios Ambrosios stretching alongside the coast. The artist has achieved the colourful effect of the sunset using pink extensively. The sunsets from Ayios Ambrosios village are a well known attraction

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed along bottom: 1922 On the N coast of Cyprus at Ayios Ambrossios HW Setton-Karr; Inscribed on label in bottom right: West Indies. St. Lucia. Windward Islands. H.W. Seton - Karr. Special artist to Imperial War Museum

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