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A photograph of local fishermen in Sennen Cove, Cornwall.

A measure presented in Parliament in 1680 opposing a bill that restricted the use of drift-nets in coastal fishing.

Introduction to the manual for households employing domestic servants. Entire manual contains further reading chapters on categories such as "Households: Their Various Scales," "Engaging and Dismissing Servants," and "Opening the Door, and Announcing…

Manual describing the boating routes along the coast of England and Scotland published in 1895. Chapter 2 describes the journey around Cornwall and the dangers of sailing by Godrevy Island, including a description of the function of the lighthouse.

A painting by British artist Vanessa Bell titled "Abstract Painting," dated ca. 1914.

An essay by Roger Fry on form and emotion in aesthetics. It was originally published in the April 1909 issue of "The New Quarterly," a serial published by the secretary to the first Post-Impressionist exhibition and fellow Bloomsbury Group member,…

A cupboard with giraffe motifs designed by British artist Roger Fry, dated ca. 1915-16.

An abstract textile design by British artist Duncan Grant, dated 1931.

Virginia Woolf wrote the foreward to an exhibition catalog of her sister Vanessa Bell's recent works in 1930.

A portrait of the author Virginia Woolf by British artist Roger Fry, dated ca. 1917.