B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1990.1048
Identification
Item: St Michael's Mount from Marazion Beach
Description: View of St Michael's Mount from Marazion beach. No. 31796. The masts of two topsail schooners are just visible, which may have been delivering household coal, for domestic use on the Mount or in the neighbourhood of Marazion. In earlier times, the Mount harbour had rivalled Penzance in commercial terms, handling large numbers of vessels engaged in mining related trade. Norwegian sailing vessels berthed here to discharge balk-timber, while British vessels brought in coal for the mine pumping and winding engines and carried away thousands of tons of copper ore. At the time of this photograph there were no pine trees on the Mount.
Condition: Good mounted on to card
Description
Height: 140 mm
Width: 200 mm
Material: Photographic paper
Production
Method: Printed
Date: 1891
Person: Frith
Place: Birmingham
Category: Photography
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