Photograph·19010i

Kyrenia: the harbour and its fortifications

Kyrenia harbour with moored sailing boats in the foreground and a long fortress wall and bastion behind. — Photograph: John Thomson, 1878. Wellcome Collection, London, 19010i. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Positive from the glass negative

Description

Several sailing boats with raked masts lie at anchor in a curved harbour basin. A long stone fortress wall runs across the background, with a rounded bastion on the right and a flag on its top. Low buildings and rocky ground sit on the left shore, and open sea extends beyond the bastion on the right.

Other images (2)

1981 contact print
The glass negative

English

Sailing boats moored in the curved harbour of Kyrenia, with fortification walls and a bastion across the water. 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

Kyrenia harbour Cyprus Kyrenia To be reversed

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