Field photograph·Csn1739·1927–1931

Building, pillar and people in North Africa

Arcaded courtyard in North Africa with stone columns, patterned tiled walls and several people — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1739. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A long arcade of stone columns and arches runs along the left side of a courtyard with a chequered tiled floor. Hanging glass lamps hang from a timber ceiling, and the right-hand wall is covered in patterned tiles and carved plaster around a grilled window. A woman in a light dress and hat stands on the left, while several people sit on a low bench and on the floor near the window at right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa. The picture shows a building, a pillar and people.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.