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- 1865-1932 (Creation)
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21 items
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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.
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Cavafy Archive. “Personal photographs”. Sub-file, 1865-1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF001, Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://cavafy.onassis.org/object/a8gt-37a5-xwk7.