B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1990.222
Identification
Item: The Boer War Memorial inthe Morrab Gardens, Penzance
Description: On 5 November at 15.30 hours 1904 the ceremony of the unveiling of the memorial to the fallen of the South African War which ended in May 1902 was performed. 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 distributed pictures postcards of the event. The statue is pictured here in front the Morrab Private Library.
Condition: Good -
Description
Height: Mm
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Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
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