Drawing·CS-J1B-31-0001·1928–29

Drawing by John Lindros of the palace at Vouni

Bird's-eye pencil drawing of the palace at Vouni, with courtyards, columns, stairs and walls, and hills behind.
Drawing: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928–29. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, CS-J1B-31-0001. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bird's-eye perspective pencil drawing of a walled complex with a large open courtyard, rows of columns, flat-roofed rooms and a flight of steps at left. Low hills rise in the background, and two small figures stand in the foreground near the left edge. A long wall runs along the lower left of the sheet.

Other scans of this record (3)

  • Field drawing by John Lindros of the palace at Vouni, showing walls, columns and steps in perspective.
  • Perspective drawing of the palace at Vouni, with colonnades, courtyards and walls set against hills
  • Reverse side of a drawing sheet with pencil notes, including a title for a perspective reconstruction of the Soli temples
Description, scan 2
Pencil perspective reconstruction of a complex of walls, rows of columns, steps and small rooms on open ground, with rolling hills and a few trees behind. Two small drawn figures stand at the left near a long wall. The drawing is signed and dated 1933 at lower right and is mounted on a sheet whose border is stained and torn.
Description, scan 4
A pencil perspective drawing of a walled complex seen from above, with a row of columns along the right and open courtyards in the centre. A stepped entrance and a flight of steps appear at the left, and a long low wall runs diagonally across the foreground. Hills rise behind, with a few trees on the slopes and at the right edge.
Description, scan 3
The back of a large, pale sheet is shown on a blue-grey background, with no drawing visible. Faded pencil handwriting in the upper part gives a figure reference, a title and a name at upper right. Smaller handwritten annotations sit lower left, over faint smudges and staining on the paper.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Drawing by John Lindros, the palace at Vouni. (Archive folder 'Soli Cholades Temples C-F', Soli lies just east of Vouni.) The drawing of the reconstructed temple has been photographed and reproduced in several publications. It is in Volume 31. Perspective reconstruction sketch of the Soli temples, by John Lindros, 1933 (published in The Temples of Soli by A Westholm). Drawing overlay, smaller format.

Swedish, as on the record

Svenska Cypernexpeditionen. Ritning av John Lindros, Vouni Palace. (Arkivmapp "Soli Cholades Temples C-F", Soli ligger strax öster om Vouni). Ritningen av det rekonstruerade templet har fotograferats av och reproducerats i flera publikationer. Ligger i Volym 31. Perspektivisk rekonstruktionsskiss av Solitemplen, av John Lindros 1933 (publ. i The Temples of Soli av A Westholm) Ritningslägg, mindre format

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)