Images Dated 10th September 2019

Harbour, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s

A schooner and other vessels in the harbour with Chapel Rock, also known as Peak Rock, behind. The net loft can be seen on the right hand side of the photograph. Philip M. Correll (1992) suggests that the schooner may have brought coal from Runcorn in Cheshire or salt of the rougher sort from Cadiz. Photographic print from the manuscript The History of Polperro by Thomas Q. Couch (1878), which expanded on Jonathan Couch's work of the same name, published in 1871. Photographer: Lewis Harding

© From the collection of the RIC

Portrait of a lady, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s

Full length portrait of a lady holding a book. Philip M. Correll (1992) identified the woman as "The school lady of the day". Photographic print from the manuscript The History of Polperro by Thomas Q. Couch (1878), which expanded on Jonathan Couch's work of the same name, published in 1871. Photographer: Lewis Harding

© From the collection of the RIC

Shadow of a Shi'ite Muslim man is seen as he flagellates himself during a religious

Shadow of a Shi'ite Muslim man is seen as he flagellates himself during a religious festival marking Ashura in Manama, Bahrain, September 10, 2019. REUTERS/ Hamad I Mohammed - RC16048296D0