Field photograph·C00812·1927–28

Perikles Kaplanis, mayor of Lapithos, on the school stairs

Perikles Kaplanis, mayor of Lapithos, standing with a straw hat on a columned balcony above the town — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00812. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a dark suit and tie stands beside a white balustrade, holding a straw hat in one hand. Tall fluted columns frame him, and a patterned tiled floor runs across the foreground. Behind him a view opens over houses, a church tower, trees and hills under a pale sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A man in a dark suit and white collar stands on a balcony with a stone balustrade and tall fluted columns, holding a straw hat at his side. Behind him a view over a town shows trees, flat roofs and a church tower. The floor is patterned with a geometric mosaic border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Lapithos borgmästare Perikles Kaplanis på skoltrappan. Hatt i handen. Kostym. Kolonner.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Lapithos borgmästare Perikles Kaplanis på skoltrappan. Hatt i handen. Kostym. Kolonner.