394: Cretan Life; R.C. Bosanquet
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/68 |
| Level | Item |
| 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." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Studies of Modern Greek Life" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/68/1], Sub-item, 394a: Potters at Pediadha in Crete
[1936/2/2/68/2], Sub-item, 394c: Scene from a Village Feast at Palaikastro in Crete [1936/2/2/68/3], Sub-item, 394b: General View of the Kilns at Pediadha [1936/2/2/68/4], Sub-item, 394d: Scene from a Village Feast at Palaikastro in Crete [1936/2/2/68/5], Sub-item, 394e: Village Feast at Praisos in Crete [BSA SPHS/1/5001.7594], Cretan potter at Work, 1901-1905 [BSA SPHS/1/6293.C4459], Crete, Palaikastro: Scene from a festival of a poet improvising [BSA SPHS/1/4993.7586], Potter's camp with kilns in the Pediada district, Crete [BSA SPHS/1/6292.C4458], Crete, Palaikastro: Scene from a festival of wrestling on the beach [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |