Personal photographs

GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF001

SUB-FILE DESCRIPTION

IDENTITY AREA

REFERENCE CODE:

Records the unique identifier that has been appointed to the unit of description by the archivists, in order to facilitate references made to the fonds on an international level.

GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF001

TITLE:

Records the name of the unit of description.

Personal photographs

DATE(S):

Identifies the date of creation of the unit of description.

1865-1932

LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:

Identifies the level of arrangement of the unit of description (fonds, sub-fonds, series, sub-series, file, sub-file, item).

Sub-file

EXTENT AND MEDIUM:

Records the extent of the unit of description. In case of an item description, it records the exact dimensions of the item.

21 items

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

Identifies the author or the creator of the unit of description.

C. P. Cavafy

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

SCOPE AND CONTENT:

Provides a summary of the scope (such as, time periods, geography) and content of the unit of description.

Photographs of Cavafy from his childhood up to one year before his death. Some of them depict him with his siblings, while the majority are personal portraits of Cavafy. Most photographs depict the poet at a young age and in some he is slightly older. The sub-file also includes a film negative as well as two glass negatives. The photographers include: Racine, Giuseppe Marzocchini & figlio, Fettel & Bernard etc. Some of the items are dated, while several of the others may be dated approximately.