Images Dated 2019 April

John Charles Burrow, Cornwall. Around 1910

Three-quarter length portrait of John Charles Burrow (1852-1914) taken in full Masonic regalia. Burrow worked as a professional photographer in Camborne and is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in underground mining photography and the subsequent publication of his book Mongst Mines and Miners: being underground scenes by flash-light illustrating and explaining the methods of working in Cornish mines about 1895. He travelled extensively with his camera, throughout Cornwall. His collection of glass plate negatives are now in the care of the Royal Cornwall Museum. Photographer: Unknown

© From the collection of the RIC

Charles Kennedy, Fowey, Cornwall. July 1992

Liberal Democrat President Charles Kennedy (centre) was guest of honour at the annual dinner of the Party's South East Cornwall branch, held at the Fowey Hotel. Eighty local Lib-Dem members attended the function and heard their party president sound an optimistic tone for the political party in Cornwall. Also pictured are Charles Onions (left), Chairman of SE Cornwall Liberal Democrats and Robin Teverson, who became the Member of European Parliament for the Cornwall-Plymouth seat in 1994. Photographer: Jonathan Barker

© RIC, photographer Jonathan Barker