| Scope and Content |
Card base with five black and white photographs attached, labelled with the pasted letters a,c,b,d,e. The number 294 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Cretan Life R. C. Bosanquet" is written in ink in the lower right corner. Framed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Photographs by the late R.C. Bosanquet, Student 1892-7, and afterwards Director 1900-06. a. Potters at Pediadha in Crete. The master potter is finishing the rim of one of the huge shapely jars used for storage. His mate is seated slowly revolving the jar with a simple mechanism, clearly shown beneath the jar on the potter's right. At the potter's feet lies a mass of unworked clay. in the left-hand corner is one of the circular stands or turntables on which the pot revolves. The family and the mule stand by. b. General view of the kilns at Pediadha. c, d. Scenes from a village feast at Palaikastro in Crete. (c) The singer with hand on heart is improvising, to the accompaniment of viol and drum. (d) A wrestling bout between two workmen on the beach. e. Village feast at Praisos in Crete." |
