Cyprus - ware sharks
Creator:
Ellis, Tristram James, 1844-1922
Ημερομηνία:
ca. 1879
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Description:
Tristram Ellis was a professional artist who came to Cyprus in 1878 and stayed for a few months with the aim of portraying the new British acquisition for the British public. He published a book titled Twelve Etchings of the Principal Views and Places of Interest in Cyprus (1879). While on the island, he executed more than eighty watercolours of Cyprus which he then exhibited at the Belgian Gallery in London. This is a view of the bay behind Kyrenia castle where the British congregated for swimming. The artist, upon catching a few local women attempting a swim under the watchful eye of two Cypriot men, puns on the phrase Cyprus-ware sharks: The sharks could either be a reference to the predatory males lusting for the Cypriot women in the water or to unaccustomed local women swimmers.
Dimensions:
7 x 11 cm
Signature(s):
Signed in lower left recto: Tristram Ellis 1879
Identifier:
PNT-00210
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© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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