One of the popular views of the Kyrenia seashore portraying the nineteenth century shores where carobs known as the ‘black gold of Cyprus’ were gathered. From there, carobs were loaded on ships from a pier a few meters further afar and exported to Smyrna, Beirut and Marseille. Behind the stores, stands the nineteenth century church of Archangel Michael and, to the far right, the mass of orange colour corresponds to the Kyrenia castle.
Done by an amateur artist, the watercolour is not precise in its topography.
Catherine Betty Crawford was born in 1910 in Ingersoll, Canada. She graduated with a B.A. from University College, University of Toronto in 1933. She then attended the Ontario College of Education and briefly taught classics at the Ingersoll Collegiate Institute. She mainly painted watercolours. Some of her work is included in collections at the London Art Gallery, Woodstock Art Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery, Ingersoll schools, Zorra Highland Park School, St. James Anglican Church, Ingersoll Golf Club and the Ingersoll Theatre of the Performing Arts (ITOPA). She died in 2002 in Ingersoll, a loved and respected member of the local community.
🎨 PNT-00007 > Crawford, Catherine Betty (1910-2002) > Carob stores in Kyrenia harbour, Watercolour, 18x34 cm, 1933
The 'Sneak Peek' series is supported by The Hellenic Initiative Canada.
