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Invitation card to a Lawson Wood Private View at Walkers Galleries.

Granite House

Cartoon
" Well played Sir"

Image of Lamorna Birch
Sincerely Yours
Norman Garstin

Christmas card
Greetings for Xmas 1911
Norman Garstin

A photograph showing a man sitting leaning against a wall, a young boy leaning in a doorway and another boy sitting at the top of a flight of steps. This could possibly be Newlyn, although the location cannot be identified.

A photograph of Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn. Two boys can be seen sitting on their doorsteps while a young girl is standing in the street holding a baby . Washing is hanging out to dry on the front of the houses.

Double page ( pp 264 & 265) of text from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Kt. Text describes a tree which bears fruit, which are baby lambs and illustrated on p 264. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's…

A page with two photographs and a written note stating Newlyn, Penzance and querying streets. See LA 029 and LA 030.

Photograph showing both sides of silver circular plate showing the course taken by Francis Drake in 1577 - 1580.
Each side shows a different hemisphere of the world and hid voyage is shown by a dotted line.
Original is in the British Museum.
Slide…

Double page (pp 92 & 93) from "The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Kt."
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, commonly known as Mandeville's Travels, is a book written between 1357 and 1371 that purports to be the travel memoir of an…

Photograph of the beach and coastline at Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall.

Hand drawn and ancient , decorative mappa mundi.
Label on slide reads " British Museum Maps 29.b.4
ST SEVER"
Also known as the Beatus map from the Saint-Sever Beatus, produced in Saint-Sever Abbey, France in the 9th century. The map is faced…

A distant view of a church tower amongst trees

Hand drawn illustrated map in circular form.
It is annotated with lots of detail and information.
Label on slide reads "British Museum. Maps 184 d. 2 BORGIAN MAP"
The Borgia Map is an ancient mappa mundi, or world map, thought to have been made…

Two photographs, one of a church tower among trees and one a beach scene. See LA1 026 and LA1 027. Written notes on this page query whether this could be Truro Cathedral and a scene along the Cornish coast.

Image is from a book. Four monsters are illustrated across a double page, with text in foreign language around.
Lantern slide label Staes "British Museum Monsters. COT.DIS TIB.B.V. PR.1. fol 82."