The Béraud family were a wealthy and influential family of merchants that first arrived in Cyprus, from France, in the 17th century. The Sylvain Béraud Collection consists of 150 personal photographs from Prof. Sylvain Béraud, who moved to Cyprus from Egypt in 1934 at the age of one. Sylvain Béraud would go on to teach at Ecole Saint Joseph in Nicosia for 20 years, author many books, and act as a prominent promoter and supporter of the Latin community in Cyprus, earning him the titles of Chevalier and Officier de l’ Ordre National du Mérite.
This particular selection entitled, Sylvain Béraud Collection – Childhood and Family, includes 92 black and white photographs from Sylvain’s early years in Cyprus, as well as photos of his immediate family and their ancestors.
The images that comprise the online collection were reproduced from the original roll films. The titles were taken from inscriptions when available. Where no inscriptions were available the titles were generated by the cataloguer describing the depicted subject.
CVAR holds digital reproduction of the originals and shares copyrights with the owner
Sylvain and Réné Béraud
1941--11--10
Portrait of Sylvain Béraud
1930-1940
Photostrip of Sylvain Béraud
1945--08--25
Réné and Sylvain Béraud
1940-1950
Sylvain and Réné Béraud
1940-1950
Portrait of Sylvain Béraud
1940-1950
Portrait of Réné Béraud
1940-1950
Scouts photo mosaic
1940-1950
Sylvain in Scouts uniform
1943--04--20
Portrait of Antoine Béraud
1905-1915
Tomasso Cirilli with wife and adopted family
1929--08--14
Josephine and Marie Béraud with Sassine
1929
Portrait of Tommaso Cirilli
1891
Portrait of Marie Béraud
19th century
Portrait of a young woman
19th century
Portrait of Antonio Usmiani
1905
Portrait of Athanassia Makridou Pierides
19-20th century
Portrait of Vicar Cirilli
ca. 1920
Portrait of Josephine Béraud
19-20th century
Portrait of a man
19-20th century
Portrait of a woman
19-20th century
Portrait of infant James Paul
ca. 1893
Portrait of Gilda
20th century
Portrait of Gilda
20th century