Metadata for RCSPC-COBHAM-Y3018B-029 (RCS Y3018B/29)
| Identifier: | RCSPC-COBHAM-Y3018B-029 |
| Creator: | Thomson, John, 1837-1921, photographer |
| Title: | Modern female attire in Cyprus |
| Description: | 84 x 115 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing two Cypriot women in skirts in the European style. The portrait appears in Thomson's 'Through Cyprus with the camera, in the autumn of 1878' (vol.2, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1879). Thomson wrote: 'Nowadays, the attire of Cypriote women is frequently so simple as to suggest its being designed for comfort and convenience rather than for aesthetic display. There could, for instance, be nothing more simple or modest than the costumes shown in the accompanying plate. The one worn by the figure in the background is probably a relic of some severe pre-Turkish period, while the other is purely European and singularly devoid of tawdry ornament. For all that, its design well befits the graceful figure of the young Cyprian maid, while its colour sets off her dark eyes and olive complexion' (vol.2, p.54). |
| Date created from: | 1878 |
| Date created to: | 1878 |
| Coverage spatial: | Cyprus (Asia) |
| Contributor: | Cobham, Claude Delaval, 1842-1915 |
| Source: | RCS Y3018B/29 |
| Is part of: | RCS Photograph Collection, Cobham Collection, Y3018B. |
| DCMIType: | Image |
| Medium: | image/jpeg |
| Extent: | 167KB |
| Dimension X: | 444 |
| Dimension Y: | 617 |
| Dimension units: | Pixels |
| Resolution: | 72 dpi |
| Bit depth: | 24 bit |
| Colour space: | Adobe RGB 1998 |
| Compression type: | JPEG |
| Compression ratio: | Quality 9 |
| Camera body: | Mamiya RB |
| Camera back: | Leaf Valeo 11 Digital |
| Lighting: | 1000w Bowens Flash Heads |
| Lens: | Mamiya 50mm f/4.5 Wide Angle Lens |
| ISO: | 25 |
| Aperture: | F/16 |
| ShutterSpeed: | 1/125 |
| Digitised by: | SM. Photography Department. Cambridge University Library. |
| Publisher: | Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge. |
| Rights: | Copyright Cambridge University Library. |
| Date Digitised: | 2003-10-24 |