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Photograph·19008i

Larnaca: houses and a timber platform over the sea

Two-storey stone houses with wooden balconies and shutters stand over the water at Larnaca, with figures on the quay at right.
Photograph: John Thomson, 1878. Wellcome Collection, London, 19008i. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Positive from the glass negative

Description

Stone houses with wooden balconies, shuttered windows and tiled roofs stand along the water's edge. A wooden platform on posts projects over the sea beneath them, and hanging cloth drapes its side. On the right, an arched stone ground floor opens onto the quay, where three or four figures stand near the wall. A small boat and a sailing boat appear in the distance on the left.

Other images (2)

  • Larnaca: houses and a timber platform over the sea, 1981 contact print1981 contact print
  • Larnaca: houses and a timber platform over the sea, The glass negativeThe glass negative

English

Houses with timber balconies on the Larnaca waterfront, with a wooden platform built out over the water on posts and people on the quay. The 1981 print is the mirror image of the positive from the negative: one of the two is reversed left to right.

Written on the negative

To be reversed