Janus: Cobham Collection

RCS/Cobham/Y3018B contains:
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15	The Plain of Paphos
16	Limassol [i.e. Lemesós]
17	The Main Street, Limassol [i.e. Lemesós]
18	The Main Street in Limassol [i.e. Lemesós]
19	Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta]
20	Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta] Harbour
21	Ruins at Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta]
22	The front of St Katherine's Church (Now a mosque). Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta]
23	Entrance to the Cathedral, Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta]
24	A rock-cut tomb. Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta]
25	Group at Avgoru [? Avgorou]
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Cobham Collection

Title	Famagosta [i.e. Famagusta] Harbour
Reference	Y3018B/20
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

156 x 100 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the ramparts of the medieval fortress which overlooks the harbour, with fishing boats at anchor in the bay: 'The work of fortifying this stronghold has been carried out with a thoroughness which has defied the inroads of time, so that while the whole town has been laid waste, its outer wall still remains intact. Here and there a thistle or clump of grass has found foothold in some fissure in the massive battlements, but the finely-finished masonry presents few crevices in which even a breeze-blown seed may lodge. The once-famous harbour, however, has been allowed to silt up, and now only affords anchorage for the class of vessels seen in the photograph' (Thomson 1879, vol.2, p.46).

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