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Photographer with certificates and sculpture when he attended Penzance School of Art. He was one of The Richards family of photographers with a studio in Queen Street, Penzance.

Civic reception, with bishop and officers in ceremonial dress

Formal portrait with the mayor and mayoress wearing chains of office. The location is an unknown interior. In the background is a copy of The Rain it Raineth Every Day, painting by Norman Garstin.

Possibly bandsmen of Territorial Army

Various plaques and Banners in the b background

Portrait of a young man standing next to a rustic style chair photographer's prop

The following information was kindly supplied by Peter Everest, Curator and Librarian of the Henry Mitchel Memorial Museum, Hayle, in October 2024.

" This is an Oddfellows meeting of the Riviera Lodge of Past Grand at Redruth. The Lodge still…

Portrait of an unidentified woman wearing an embroidered jacket and holding a fan. There is a large plant on a bamboo stand behind her.

Portrait of a young woman standing in front of a rustic bench studio prop. Note embroidery on cuffs hem and bodice and her large hat. She is wearing spectacles.

Studio portrait of an unidentified woman. Note the elaborate beading/embroidery on her dress and the bustle. There is an elaborate hat and/or stole on the right.

Studio portrait of an unidentified women.Note her costume and elaborately decorated hat. She is standing by a rustic style chair.

Studio portrait of unidentified woman wearing a large straw hat decorated with flowers. She is standing by a rustic style chair in the studio.

Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman standing behind a rustic bench photo prop. She is wearing spectacles and various items of jewellery. Note beautiful embroidery on her gown and the collar. Her hat is decorated with ribbon, a brooch and…

Portrait of an unidentified young woman wearing spectacles. Note her fur hat, with feather . She is standing beside an elaborately carved chair in the photographer's studio.

Photograph of a young woman dressed in what appears to be a costume. She is wearing a wig and holding a type of fan behind her hair. Note her highly decorated blouse. She is also wearing a locket around her wrist and bracelets on both wrists.

A theatrical style portrait of a young woman wearing an embroidered long white gown and holding a posy of flowers

Portrait of a woman wearing a large hat and a long braided coat

Photograph of a woman wearing a large feathered hat and leaning on an elaborately carved chair.