Field photograph·C02797·1930

Two trees and a hill in the background at Mersinaki

Large dense tree with two trunks in a stony field at Mersinaki, with a hill and smaller trees behind — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02797. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large, dense tree with two trunks fills the centre of the frame, its dark crown set against a bright sky. A low hill slopes away at the left edge, and smaller trees stand at the right. The foreground is a stony, scrubby ground with low plants scattered across it.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Two large dense trees with spreading crowns fill the centre of the view, their trunks standing on ground strewn with loose stones and low scrub. A slope rises at the left edge and a group of smaller trees stands at the right, under a pale, empty sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Two trees, a hill and some other trees in the background. Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Två träd, en kulle och fler träd i bakgrunden. Mersinaki.

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