St Ives Cornwall Antique Picture Print 1900 SAS#567

Description: St Ives Cornwall 1900 Antique Print A print from a disbound book of England & Wales published 1900. Blank on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold. Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border. Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description. 1900 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier. All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection. While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item. Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used) ST. IVES. The bay of St. Ives is one of the finest in Europe, and from the perpendicular sides of many tiny coves in the neighbourhood fish may be seen swimming about many feet below the surface. St. Ives is an ancient port, and one of the headquarters of the pilchard fishery; only a few years back it was a weatherbeaten place of steep and narrow streets, pervaded by the smell of drying fish, which were nailed out flat on the walls. On the promontory in the distance, called The Island, the visitor will still see the entire hill covered by acres and acres of nets spread out to dry in the sun, amongst which he can scarce make his way to the Battery at the top; but the place has now become quite a fashionable resort. The climate is delicious, yet bracing. The old church and cross date from about 1420, and are close to the harbour.

Price: 3.99 GBP

Location: Dereham

End Time: 2024-11-25T08:37:09.000Z

Shipping Cost: 21.24 GBP