Images Dated 2019 November

James Clark, Kilmarnock, Scotland. Around 1920

Portrait photograph of Dr James Clark (1861-1935), Principal of Central Technical Schools for Cornwall from 1899 to 1908. The photograph was taken while he was Rector at Kilmarnock Academy, Ayrshire, Scotland, between 1908 and 1926. Clark was a renowned natural historian and during his short time in Cornwall he wrote numerous papers for the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall; The Birds of Cornwall, published by the Royal Institution of Cornwall in 1902; and compiled the majority of the zoological sections of the Victoria County History of Cornwall, Volume I, published in 1906. Photographer: Unknown.

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The Cardiff pilot cutter No12 Baratanach on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall in 1879, the year she was built.

Baratanach on the beach at St Ives with the topsail schooners Drake and John Carnall and the fishing lugger S.S.619 in the background. The pilot cutter Baratanach (ON 81779) was built in 1879. The schooner John Carnall (ON 11429) was built in 1833 at Fowey, registered at Fowey and owned by Tregenza of St Ives. The fishing lugger S.S.619 was built in 1827 at Bideford, registered at Swansea and owned by Tregenza of St Ives. Photographer: Edward Ashton.

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Distant view of Tregothnan, St Michael Penkivel, Cornwall. Date unknown but probably early 1900s

A distant view of Tregothnan, across the fields from the River Fal. Tregothnan has been home to the Boscawen family since 1334. The house was rebuilt by Edward Boscawen (1787-1841), fourth Viscount and First Earl of Falmouth, near the site of an older mansion. Tregothnan has the largest historic garden in Cornwall. It is open to the public for one weekend every year. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan.

© From the collection of the RIC