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This is the property today at 12 Balmoral Road, Fairfield, Liverpool. According to Cavafy, the house “had eight rooms and a small plot of garden in front.” Photo via Google.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, Toxteth, Liverpool, ca. 1880, where the Cavafy family would have attended.
The Church of St Nicholas today, photo via @ashik_kerib
Photograph of the three Cavafy brothers, John, Paul and Constantine (right, aged 10), dressed in suits. John holds a cricket bat. Taken in Liverpool, 1873. Cavafy Archive.
George’s Dock, Liverpool, late 19th century. The Liverpool office of Cavafy and Co. was in nearby Fenwick Street.
Fenwick Street looking towards Derby Square, Liverpool, ca. 1880s. The Liverpool office of Cavafy and Co. was located at no. 1 Fenwick Street.
45 Huskisson Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, where the Cavafy family lived after moving from the property at Balmoral Road. Photo via Google.
In 1874 the Cavafy family moved to London, living at 15 Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater, near Hyde Park, an area populated by the prosperous Greek community that had settled in London.
Photographic portrait of the poet’s uncle, George John Cavafy, taken in London, a merchant and partner in G.J. Cavafy and Co, and an important art patron. Cavafy Archive.
J.M. Whistler’s “Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony” was purchased for 30 guineas in 1867 by George J. Cavafy, the poet’s favourite uncle; image via @artist_whistler
“The Mill: Girls Dancing to Music by a River”, 1870, by Edward Burne-Jones. Modelled by members of Cavafy’s family circle in England: Marie Spartali, Maria Zambaco and Aglaia Coronio.
G.F. Watts (1817-1904): “Alexander Constantine Ionides and His Family”, eminent relatives of the Cavafy family in England, via @WattsGallery
Financial problems forced the Cavafy family to leave London and move back to Alexandria in 1876. A blue plaque at 14-15 Queensborough Terrace commemorates the youthful Cavafy’s time in London.
