Magic lantern slide
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2009.318
Identification
Item: Whales on Eastern Beach, Penzance
Description: This could taken from a postcard or a photograph printed with the caption 'Whales on Eastern Beach, Penzance' below. This appears to be a stranded whale with 20 or more people standing around the corpse. It was probably the occasion when about 60 pilot whales were stranded on the beach in 1911. They were not re-floated and Coastguard Lieutenant Chamber, in a humane gesture, ordered his men to shoot the whales.
Description
Height: 73 mm
Width: 76 mm
Material: Glass plate
Production
Method: Printed
Person: Gibson and Sons / Preston, Robert / unknown
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