Field photograph·C06002

Life on the terrace at Machairas, Alfred Westholm resting on a sun lounger

Alfred Westholm resting in a wooden deck chair under a pine tree at Machairas, with newspapers on the ground.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06002. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a light shirt, shorts and knee socks reclines in a wooden deck chair beneath a pine tree, his head tipped back and eyes closed. Newspapers lie scattered on the bare ground around him, and a second folding chair stands at the left edge. Behind is a steep, scrubby hillside with pines and rocky slopes.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Man resting in a wooden deck chair under a pine tree, with newspapers on the ground and a steep hillside behind.
Description, scan 2
A man in a light shirt, shorts and knee socks reclines in a wooden deck chair under a pine tree, his head tipped back and legs stretched out. Newspapers lie scattered on the ground around him, and a second folding chair stands at the left edge, where part of another person's leg is visible. Behind them is a steep, rocky hillside covered with scrub and pines.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Life on the terrace. Outside the expedition's house in Machairas, Cyprus. Alfred Westholm rests on a sun lounger.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 5

Swedish, as on the record

Livet på terrassen. Utanför expeditionens hus i Macheras, Cypern. Alfred Westholm vilar på en solstol.