Field photograph·C08210

Woman sitting in a rocking chair, wearing a shawl

Woman seated in a wooden deck chair, wearing a light shawl, in front of a plastered wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08210. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A young woman with short dark hair sits in a wooden slatted deck chair, a light shawl with fringed edges draped over her shoulders and lap. Behind her are a weathered plastered wall, a wooden post and a shuttered window. At the right edge a blurred object, possibly a jug or container, stands on a surface with scattered light debris.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Woman sitting in a wooden deck chair wearing a light shawl, in front of a plastered wall.
Description, scan 2
A woman with short dark hair sits in a wooden chair, with a light fringed shawl over her shoulders and lap. Behind her are a plastered wall with a flaking surface, a dark wooden upright and a window frame, and a blurred pale object at the right edge. The soft, grainy outdoor view leaves the background and chair frame indistinct.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Photograph of a woman sitting in a rocking chair. She wears a shawl over her shoulders.

Swedish, as on the record

Fotografi av en kvinna sittandes i en gungstol. Hon bär en sjal över axlarna.

Swedish, as on the record

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