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- 1890-1896 (Creation)
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34 x 21 cm
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Handmade folder made of a ruled sheet of paper with the handwritten note "Bills belonging to the shares bought by mother + which now have come into my possession". It contains receipts for the purchase of shares through the Crédit Lyonnais, Banque Imperiale Ottomane and Betts & Co, dating to the period 1890-1896. Cavafy's name ("Constantin F. Cavafy", "C. F. Cavafy') appears on three of them, while the name "J. Cavafy" (=John Cavafy) appears on one (1892). A total of five receipts.
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French, English
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Writing in ink. Wears, tears and oxidations. Watermarks: Original Insubria Mill C.F.M., Gouvernement Egyptien.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Bills belonging to the shares bought by mother…”. Receipt (of purchase), 1890-1896. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF003-0002 (1076), 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://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF003-0002.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- (Imperial) Ottoman Bank (Subject)
- Crédit Lyonnais (Subject)
- Betts & Co. (Subject)
- National Bank of Greece (Subject)
- Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia (Subject)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)