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Family portrait

Two children with their dolls.

Child with her doll.

Child in Fancy Dress.

Child with dog

Child with a bunch of primroses.

Children with dog sitting on a rock.

Pencil drawing

Christmas Greetings from the Garstins

Christmas Greetings
Card sent by Crosbie Garstin from Montana where he had been working as a cowpuncher/broncho buster.

Matthew Paris map circa 1250. He drew the first regional maps of Britain, made even more notable for his decision to orient them with north at the top, in an age when most maps looked eastward.
Slide is labelled "British Museum. Cot MS CLAUD. D VI…

Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary Ann inherited Nancealverne after her…

Hand drawn and Illustrated map of England, Northern France, Scotland and Wales from Insularium Illustratum, Henricus Martellus Germanus.
The slide is labelled "British Museum. ADSMS. 15760 fol 94
Henricus Martellus Germanus Insularium Illustratum…

Nancealverne was built by the Carveth family in the 18th c.
E.A.A.'s father, Rev. John Armstrong (1810-1862), married Mary Ann Scobell (1817-1900).
She was the daughter of Col. John Scobell (1779-1866).
Mary Ann inherited Nancealverne after her…

See ARMS LA1 041, 042, 043, 044, and 045.
There is a pencil annotation on the page of Botrea House, but it almost certainly Nancealverne House, Penzance.

Hand drawn and illustrated map of Europe, North Africa and Asia. Seas are coloured in blue ink.
Slide is labelled "Brit Mus. Harley 7182 fol 59 Ptolemy coloured"