B/w print photograph
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1993.43.111
Identification
Item: 'Oenanthe' berthed in Penzance harbour
Description: Penzance Harbour Scene (late 1880s) – The yawl rigged yacht Oenanthe, is berthed on the south wall of Penzance Floating Dock, and by the half-tide water level the dock gates are open. This Southampton built (1883), 21 ton yacht, was owned initially by Robert V. Asser, Belvedere Park, Kent - a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. In the era of this photo, Penzance lay at the extreme SW extent of the range of most British cruising yachts – which were usually based on one of the English Channel yachting ports. Only the more intrepid ventured further west than Land’s End – though some of these ventured into Irish and even Scottish waters.
Condition: Good - small amount of foxing across the photograph.
Description
Height: 111mm
Width: 157mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
Date: 1880
Person: Branwell, John
Place: Penlee House
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