This poster conveys an image of life in the outskirts of a white-painted settlement which appears in the background. The only evidence attesting to the identity of the settlement being in Nicosia are the twin minarets of Agia Sophia and the Pentadaktylos mountain range.
In the middle of the picture, a camel caravan occupies central space, while a small herd of goats appears at the front left of the poster. At the front right, the scene of a donkey loaded with grapes in between a villager and a boy, points to fact that this is the season of the harvest.
This is an image from the Macmillan Geography Series that was commonly displayed in UK classrooms across the country during the 1940’s and 1950’s. It was likely created, based on a 1928 poster by Scottish artist Keith Henderson.
PNT-00601 > Lupton, Summer in Cyprus, Printed Poster, 45x55 cm, 1920.
