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Field photograph·C08287

Martin Gjerstad and Vivi Gjerstad at Machairas

Two people sitting outdoors on wooden chairs: a boy writing in a book and a woman sewing white cloth, under pine trees.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08287. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A boy in a light short-sleeved shirt and shorts sits on a rush-seated wooden chair, writing in an open book on his knee. Behind and beside him a woman in a sleeveless blouse sews or mends a white cloth in her lap. Striped deck chairs stand on a shaded, dry ground under pine trees, with a grassy hillside behind.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Martin Gjerstad and Vivi Gjerstad outdoors at Machairas, one writing in a notebook, one sewing, among deck chairs
Description, scan 2
A boy in a light open-necked shirt and shorts writes or draws in an open notebook, seated on a wooden chair with a woven rush seat. Beside him a woman in a sleeveless white blouse sews or mends a pale garment in her lap. Striped canvas deck chairs and pine trees stand behind them on dry, shaded ground, with a scrubby hillside beyond.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Martin Gjerstad and Vivi Gjerstad at Machairas.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").