Sepia albumen print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2016.50.217

Identification

Item: Newlyn Harbour and Penzance, from the Bowjey.

Description: View over Newlyn Harbour with the luggers still at their moorings, within the shelter of the new South Pier. From the left, the first part of the North Pier stretches out from the Tolcarne. This section of the pier was of solid construction and was completed to its full length in 1893-94. Initially this extension was a narrow breakwater, barely wide enough to take a hand-cart. Along with other improvements, it had to be widened to a more practical use in about 1910. Taken from high up the Bowjey (the western hill rising above Newlyn), looking over the roofs of Factory Row and Newlyn Town, towards Wherrytown and Penzance in the distant north east. The Bowjey was a steep field of common land, where the fishermen traditionally dried their nets after 'barking' (curing them to prevent rot). In foreground of the photograph is a fisherman carrying a bundle of net, followed by his wife in her white towser (apron). See also 2016.50.218.

Condition: Good

Description

Material: Photographic paper

Production

Method: Printed

Category: Photography

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