Penzance Harbour. Cornish Luggers in full sail are shown leaving the harbour. Ross Bridge in the middle ground has a number of small gigs tied to the railings.
Cornish Fishwives
Blanche Courtney and Betsy Lanyon. They sold their fish in the Market Place in Penzance and door to door. And Blanche in particular, became a favourite model for the Newlyn School Painters.
Newlyn Fisherwomen- Collecting the Catch
The second woman in from the right is Mary Wearne. As a young woman she often modelled for the Newlyn School painter Stanhope Forbes, and appeared in a number of his works including Hopeless Dawn and Last…
The vessel Busby, a screw steamer, wrecked on 24 June 1894 on Three Stone Oar (also known as The Wra). The vessel was on its maiden voyage, carrying coal from Newport to Civitavecchia, Rome.