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Scholar · Critic / journalist

David Talbot Rice

fl. 1934–1937 · United Kingdom

British scholar and journalist, active 1934–1937. Worked at Nicosia. Worked with Rupert Forbes Gunnis.

Life and work

  1. 1934
    With Mrs Talbot Rice, helped Rupert Gunnis gather together and clean a collection of icons in the church of the Panayia Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia (Symons's wording: 'Professor and Mrs. Talbot Rice').

    NicosiaSymons 1987, p. 7

  2. 1936
    Visiting art historian; made complaints to the Governor about the Department of Antiquities' work, then on return to England circulated a report to all concerned. The Governor called it 'a most inaccurate, harmful and ill-considered document'. Gunnis, who hosted the Talbot Rices in Nicosia, was strongly suspected of having steered his opinions against John Hilton.

    NicosiaStanley-Price 2025, pp. 20-21

  3. 1937
    Icons of Cyprus published (London: Allen and Unwin); Gunnis collaborated in its preparation.

    LondonSymons 1987, p. 5Stanley-Price 2025, p. 70

Connections

3 people
Rupert Forbes GunnisJohn HiltonColin HardieDavid Talbot Rice
Colleagues

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.D. Symons (1987). “Rupert Gunnis (1899-1965)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 7, 3-9. Online
  2. 2.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2025). “Colonial society and the dismissal of John Hilton, first Director of Antiquities in Cyprus”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 109-126.
  3. 3.N. Stanley-Price (2023). “Intrigue and feud in colonial Cyprus: Professor Talbot Rice's tendentious report (1936) on the new Antiquities Department”. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 11, 101-114.
  4. 4.D. Talbot Rice (1937). Icons of Cyprus. London, Allen and Unwin.