| Scope and Content |
Card base with six black and white photographs attached, labelled with pasted letters a,c,b,e,d,f. The number 397 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Greek Islands A.J.B. Wace" is written in ink in the lower right corner. One later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference. Framed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Carved and gilt screens in the churches (a) of St. Athanasios in Skopelos (ancient Peparethos); (b) of the Panagia Portaritissa in Astypalaia. These richly-carved screens are common in Greek lands, especially in the islands and in the north, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: these two examples belong to the latter. c. The town of Skopelos, from above, with the land-locked bay behind. d. The town and ports of Leros, from the Caste of the Knights of St. John from Rhodes. e. The acropolis of Telos; a double flight of steps within the gate. f. The gate in the Hellenic wall of Nisyros, like (e) a fine example of Greek military architecture. (Photographs by A.J.B. Wace)." |
