B/w print photograph

Acc.no: PEZPH : 1993.45.102

Identification

Item: Newlyn Street Scene c.1890

Description: Newlyn Street Scene c.1890 – looking uphill from the foot of St. Peter’s Hill, a rough unpaved roadway which leads away left, with a cobbled street straight above between cottages. A bowler-hatted man and girl pose for the photographer. The girl is nearest to the camera, and on the ground beside her is a metal churn, used for collecting water. Behind the man, who may well be a fisherman, a flight of granite steps leads to first floor living accommodation – typically over a small fish curing cellar. On the street behind him are larger granite sets, which surround a water-shoot, one of many such which were the only sources of drinking and washing water in Newlyn prior to the early 1900s.

Condition: Good - Discolouration to the top and left edges of the photograph.

Description

Height: 149mm

Width: 102mm

Material: Photograph

Production

Method: Printed

Date: 1880

Person: Branwell, John

Place: Penlee House

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