Photograph·18986i
Nicosia: a gate in the city walls
Positive from the glass negative
Description
A stone gateway with a tall arch and set-back wooden doors stands on the right, with a sign above the arch. A man stands on top of the wall at the centre and another waits beside the arch. On the cobbled street, a boy rides a donkey loaded with baskets on the left, and a man sits on a second donkey in the centre. Wooden barrels are stacked at the right edge.
Other images (2)
1981 contact print
The glass negative
English
A gateway in the walls of Nicosia, with a man on the wall above it and men with laden donkeys in the street. The notice over the arch reads "Channel Squadron Gate", as Wellcome's catalogue records.
Written on the negative
Nicosia capital of Cyprus