Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06009

Life on the terrace, Alfred Westholm darning socks at Machairas

Man darning a sock on a stone terrace, with a woman seated in a deck chair beside him
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06009. Public domain (CC0).

Description

On a stone-flagged terrace, a man in a light shirt and dark trousers sits in a striped deck chair, head bent as he darns a sock with a needle. Beside him, a woman in a light sleeveless dress sits in a wooden deck chair and looks towards the camera. Behind them are a whitewashed wall, a dark doorway and a rough wooden post.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Man darning a sock on a stone terrace at Machairas, with a woman seated in a deck chair beside himFull resolution
Description, scan 2
A man in a light open-necked shirt sits in a striped deck chair, bent over a grey sock he is mending. Beside him, a woman in a sleeveless white dress sits in a second deck chair holding folded white cloth. They are on a stone-paved terrace in front of a whitewashed wall and a wooden doorway, with a wooden post at the right edge and tins on the ground at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Life on the terrace, Alfred Westholm darns socks. Machairas.

Swedish, as on the record

Livet på terrassen, Alfred Westholm stoppar strumpor. Macheras. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

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