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Bella Paise Abbey, Kyrenia
Creator:
Drake, Francis Milverton (b. 1882)
Date:
ca. 1934
Medium:
Inscriptions:
Inscribed: ‘Bella Pais Abbey, Kyrenia’.
Description:
F. Milveton Drake was invited to Cyprus by the administration as an engineer to help with a project. Drake gave special attention to the fortification of Famagusta and Nicosia. The artist excelled himself in pencil drawings rather than watercolours. This watercolour depicts a northeastern view of Bellapais Abbey in which a young girl sitting awkwardly on a mount of stones forms a stark juxtaposition between the ancient and the modern.
Dimensions:
19 x 25 cm
Signature(s):
Signed in lower left recto: F. M. Drake
Alternative Title:
Bellapais Abbey
Identifier:
PNT-00182
Classification:
Collection:
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Rights Holder:
© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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