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Photograph·19030i

On Mount Troodos

Man with a walking stick stands among shrubs on a rocky hillside, with pine trees along the ridge behind him.
Photograph: John Thomson, 1878. Wellcome Collection, London, 19030i. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Positive from the glass negative

Description

In the foreground, loose grey rocks cover the slope. On the left, a bundle wrapped in a checked cloth lies among the stones. A man in a long dark coat and cap stands at right, holding a long stick beside low shrubs. Pine trees line the distant ridge under a pale sky.

Other images (2)

  • On Mount Troodos, 1981 contact print1981 contact print
  • On Mount Troodos, The glass negativeThe glass negative

English

A rocky slope on Troodos with a man holding a staff, a bundle on the ground and pines on the ridge. Thomson asked for the sky to be printed darker if possible.

Written on the negative

Mount Trodos. Not to be reversed. If possible, Dark shade on sky