Field photograph·C06012

Life on the terrace at Machairas, with Einar Gjerstad, Alfred Westholm and Erik Sjöqvist

People resting in deck chairs on the terrace of a whitewashed house at Machairas.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06012. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed house with a timber-framed terrace roof has open doorways on the right. Several people rest in wooden deck chairs: a man at left, a woman seated at a table with a white cloth and a cup, a man in a light shirt and knee socks in the foreground, and part of another figure at the right edge. Loose stones lie on the ground in front of the terrace, with trees behind.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • People resting on deckchairs on the terrace of a whitewashed house at Machairas, with a woman seated at a table
Description, scan 2
People rest on wooden deckchairs under a timber-framed porch roof, with a whitewashed house wall and open doorways behind them. A woman sits at a round table draped with a white cloth, a cup in front of her, while a man in a light shirt reclines with his legs stretched out in the foreground. A cup and saucer lie on the stone paving at lower right, and rough stony ground runs along the left edge toward trees.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Life on the terrace. People rest on sunbeds outside the expedition's house. Back left sits Einar Gjerstad, on the right Alfred Westholm and the man whose face is not clearly visible is probably Erik Sjöqvist. Machairas, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Livet på terrassen. Folk vilar på solstolar utanför expeditionens hus. Bak till vänster sitter Einar Gjerstad, till höger Alfred Westholm och mannen vars ansikte inte syns tydligt är troligen Erik Sjöqvist. Macheras, Cypern, Svenska Cypernexpeditionen.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 5