Field photograph·C08285

Woman in white clothes outside a house with three oil lamps in front of her

Woman in a light dress standing beside three oil lamps on a paved terrace next to a plastered mud wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08285. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A woman in a light sleeveless dress stands on a paved terrace in front of a rough plastered wall, holding a thin strip at her waist. Three oil lamps stand on the paving in front of her: a metal lamp on a stand at left, a white stemmed lamp in the centre, and a small dark glass lamp at right. Behind her are a wooden post and beam, a hanging rope, trees and bare ground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Young woman in a white dress stands beside three oil lamps on a paved terrace outside a building.
Description, scan 2
A young woman in a light sleeveless dress stands on a paved terrace under a wooden beam, holding a thin strip at her waist. In front of her are three oil lamps: a metal one with a footed base on the left, a white one with a tall chimney in the centre, and a small dark glass one on the right. Behind her, a rough plastered wall, a wooden post and dark trees rise above stony ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

A woman in white clothes stands outside a house. She seems to be holding a ribbon of some kind. In front of her stand three oil lamps.

Swedish, as on the record

En kvinna i vita kläder står utanför ett hus hon verkar hålla i ett band av något slag. Framför henne står tre stycken oljelampor.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").