Janus: Panorama of Larnaca, 1878

RCS contains:
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Y3017F	Panorama of Grand Harbour, Valletta, 1860s
Y3017G	Photographs of Malta
Y3017H	Ramsden Collection on Malta 1938
Y3017I	Grand Harbour, Malta, 1926
Y3017J	Malta photographs taken by Pauline Fothergill
Y3018D	Panorama of Larnaca, 1878
Y3018G	Photographs of Cyprus. c.1900
Y3018H	Photographs of Cyprus, circa 1965
Y3018J	Historical and General views of Cyprus
Y301a9A	The North Bay, Cape Evans, 1911 [British Antarctic Expedition]
Y30214A-C	Albums by Francis Frith
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Panorama of Larnaca, 1878

Title	Panorama of Larnaca, 1878
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3018D
Creator	E Carletti and Co.
Covering Dates	1878
Extent and Medium	1 item; photograph; Fair condition but with several bends in the print and some fading.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

E. Carletti and Co. were commercial photographers active in Lárnax, Cyprus, in 1878.

A panorama composed of 6 joined prints measuring 1092 x 151 mm. A small part of the caption is illegible having been inked over. The panorama is taken from a pier in the harbour looking back towards the waterfront. At the left (south) are waterfront houses and jetties with a landing wharf piled high with barrels and sacks of provisions in the centre. At the right, four soldiers on a jetty watch the photographer. Photograph by E. Carletti and Co.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Panorama of Larnaca, 1878, Y3018D

Further information

The stores in the picture are probably supplies for British troops taking up the administration of Cyprus under General Wolseley; see Y3018A/1. For an almost identical view of the left hand side of this panorama see Y3018A/2.

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

CN 2716.

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