Sepia albumen print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2016.50.293
Identification
Item: Granite Cross on the cliff above Lamorna.
Description: A granite cross on the cliff at Lamorna, in memory of a visitor killed there. The lettering on the cross reads "DWW1873". David Wadsworth Watson of Guilsborough, Northampton, left his sister and another lady to gather ferns on the cliff-side. His body was recovered by moonlight. An extract from the Journal of the Federation of 'Old Cornwall' societies Vol XV, No 4. Cedric Appleby - 'A Tragic Coast' is attached. Local newspapers reported the incident and the inquest of this Cambridge students aged 23.
Condition: Good
Description
Material: Photographic paper
Production
Method: Printed
Category: Photography
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