Acc.no: PEZPH : 1997.10
Identification
Item: The Abbey Slip, Penzance.
Description: The Abbey Slip, Penzance. The steps on Abbey slip link Wharf Road with Chapel Street. The Church is St Mary’s Church, Penzance’s Mother church whose tower can be seen in the background. To its right is the bell tower of the West Cornwall Girls’ School. Below this is a warehouse which in 2014 is an office block. The Abbey Basin was completed in 1884 three years after the Ross Bridge was built to link the North and South Piers. The area to the right was also known as East Cliff referring to the time before erosion took away these cliffs. The picture is familiar as the subject of Stanhope Forbes painting of Abbey Basin.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: 90 mm
Width: 130 mm
Material: Paper
Production
Method: Printed
Date: 1890
Place: Portsmouth
Category: Photography
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