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Royal Academy First Depressions

Happy New Year 1904

Spanish coaster wrecked at Black Head Rock later drifted to Lowland Point, near Coverack, The Lizard
According to Spanish newspaper report (6th November 1951 - Google translation) " The Spanish ship ran aground on the Cornish coast. The ship began…

The salvage boat Barnet ( United Kingdom) standing guard overnight under the Warspite's bows, at Prussia Cove was holed in the engine room, towed off and eventually drifted ashore at Long Rock, a few miles to the west.
Wikipedia

Eleven years passed, and the tragedy of the Vierge Marie was repeated. Again, it was the usual 'wreck weather' for the western cliffs: hazy with heavy ground seas, the aftermath of a hard south-west gale. Shortly after one o'clock in the morning of…

Accompanying paperwork refers to Mr John J Beckerlegge
giving lecture about night photography to the Photographic Section of the Plymouth
Institution. He was Hon Sec in 1921.

Accompanying paperwork refers to Mr John J Beckerlegge
giving lecture about night photography to the Photographic Section of the Plymouth
Institution. He was Hon Sec in 1921.

View across Plymouth at night.
Accompanying paperwork refers to Mr John J Beckerlegge
giving lecture about night photography to the Photographic Section of the Plymouth
Institution. He was Hon Sec in 1921.

Accompanying paperwork refers to Mr John J Beckerlegge
giving lecture about night photography to the Photographic Section of the Plymouth
Institution. He was Hon Sec in 1921.

Terraced houses at night.
Accompanying paperwork refers to Mr John J Beckerlegge
giving lecture to the Photographic Section of the Plymouth
Institution about night photography. He was Hon Sec in 1921.

Black bird on perch in field

Man in tweeds and woman wearing glasses.

Marjorie and Reggie on beach wearing bathing costumes.

Barbara in floral dress at beach, possibly Porthcurno.

HMS Diomedes anchored in Mounts Bay

Wreck off Gurnards Head

Sel Portrait. Henry S Tuke A. R. A.