Field photograph·Csn0904·1927–1931

Troodos: snow and trees

Snow-covered trees on a snowy slope at Troodos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0904. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A print mounted on card shows conifers and broadleaf trees weighed down with snow on a broad, open snowy slope. In the foreground a small tree bends under its snow load and casts a dark shadow across the snow, and a dark sky fills the background. A printed card with a quotation sits at lower left and a handwritten number label at lower right.

English, as on the record

TROODOS Yannoula Wakefield "If Mount Olympus were on the European continent, hundreds would climb to its summit in the course of the year. Alpine travellers alone can appreciate the enthusiasm that filled my heart as I inhaled deep draughts of ozone and gazed upon the scene beneath me." Franz von Löher-1877 (Cyprus, historical and descriptive)

English, as on the record