B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1990.221
Identification
Item: The Boer War Statue in Morrab Gardens with the tower of St Mary's Church in the background
Description: On 5 November at 1530 hours 1904 the unveiling of the memorial to the fallen of the South African War which ended in May 1902 took place. It was paid for by public subscription, made of Sicilian marble, and is the figure of a volunteer in khaki wearing a Baden-Powell hat and leaning on the butt end of a rifle. It was sculpted in London and laid on a granite pedestal with an inscription by Pascoe and Son of North Street, Penzance. The Duke of Cornwall's RGA Volunteer Band led the civic procession from the Public Buildings. Vaughn T Paul of Morrab Road printed and distributed postcards and pictures of the event.
Condition: Good -
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
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