Field photograph·C10056·1927–28

John Lindros at Lapithos

John Lindros standing beside a surveying instrument on a tripod on a terrace above Lapithos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C10056. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a suit and tie stands on a gravelly flat roof or terrace, holding papers, beside a surveying instrument on a wooden tripod. A hat lies on the ground near his feet and a thin pole stands to the right. Beyond a low parapet, white houses spread across the valley to the left, with a white building and tower on a rocky outcrop and wooded hills on the right.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A man in a suit jacket, shirt and tie stands on a flat gravel terrace beside a surveying instrument on a tripod, facing the camera. A hat lies on the ground near the tripod. Below, white houses spread across a valley, while a whitewashed building with a tower sits on a rocky outcrop behind him, with trees and a wooded hillside to the right.
Description, scan 3: A man in a light jacket and tie stands on a flat, dusty terrace beside a surveying instrument on a tripod, with a tall pole upright nearby and a hat on the ground. A whitewashed low wall runs along the edge. Below, a town of white houses spreads down a slope toward the sea, and a white building with chimneys stands on a rocky outcrop behind, with wooded hills on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

John Lindros. Lapithos.

Swedish, as on the record

John Lindros. Lapithos. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen