OLD CORNWALL is the current theme at the Lander Gallery.
On the modern side we have ancient stones marking the
forgotten significance of moorland which may look warm and sunny or wild and
desolate. Ruined mine engine houses stand silent in sunshine or sunset. Steam
engines pull their cargo down to Charlestown while time seems to have stood
still for the GWR at Newquay Railway
Station. Old miners’ tracks lead away over sun -dappled meadows, swallows nest
in old walls and the sea crashes onto rocks just as it did when the Men An Tol
was being constructed.
We have a lovely selection of Old Cornwall paintings here
and they are already selling well.
On the classics side there are our works from the Newlyn and
St Ives schools, alongside the intriguing and increasingly popular Tony Giles.
Especially for this exhibition we are offering some unique
historic documents. One remarkable treasure is an indenture concerning the sale
of land in the areas of Perran in the Sands and St Columb the Higher in 1682.
Richard Carter is selling large areas including Gull Rock- the landmark now
known as Carter’s Rocks. So this is the actual document where Carter is selling
Carter’s Rocks!
Other treasures include the result of a tax appeal by
Francis Paynter lawyer in St Columb in 1807- what tax should he pay if he employs his own son?
The 1661 letter from Truro from the previous blog has now been sold.
Another reminder of the tin industry is the shimmering panel
of tin from the Daubuz smelting works in Carvedras here in Truro. You can see
how it acquired its lettering and Carvedras crest because it comes complete with
its original stone mould.
OLD CORNWALL runs
until July 21st.
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