De Smirne (Asie Mineur) a Damas 1850 - 51 ayant compagnion a priori partages le Baron G. de Rotchild. Including two drawings of Larnaca 1850.

Mami Mami de Chateauneuf visited Cyprus on his way from Asia Minor to the Holy Land while accompanying Count G. Rothchild. The two views of Larnaca which appear in his sketchbook were drawn in pencil on 9th November and 8th November 1850 respectively. The first view is of a two-storey house on the sea shore at the harbour of Larnaca. Its size and architecture reveal the affluence of the owner, most probably a member of the foreign mercantile or consular corps. Typically, buildings of that period incorporated Ottoman architectural features such as the eaves and the covered verandah, as well as ancient fragments such as the column. Four male figures and one crouching female point to the fact that the house had a number of employees. Many caiques attest to a busy harbour. The barrels appearing in the picture were used for the storage of water or merchandise to be exported. Houses of this size always had a well in their courtyard as evidenced in the picture. The second drawing provides a radically different view of Larnaca. Humble dwellings, made of mud bricks, with flat roofs, are situated inland. Tall palm trees attest to Moslem ownership of the houses. Cypriot Moslems observed the custom of bringing the seed of palm trees from Mecca during the hajj and planting it in their yards. No figures or other signs of life appear in the picture. It is obvious that the artist, quite intentionally, presents two contrasting aspects of Larnaca: the affluent quarter by the harbour bustling with activity and the desolate neighbourhood of the local poor folk.