William & Ernest RICHARDS BROTHERS

William & Ernest RICHARDS BROTHERS

The Morrab Library Collection contains 125 years of visual records of Dramatic Events - historic happenings, civic events,  shipwrecks, portraits and townscapes - the work of Penzance-based artist photographers, brothers William Richards and Ernest Richards.  An exhibition based on this collection, with annotated catalogue, was held at Penlee House, Penzance, January-March 2006.

In 2011, further photographs by the Richards Brothers, were included in the Penlee House Exhibition, 'The Marvellous Everyday', as curated by Jeremy Rice.

media

Artist photographers

exhibitions

2006: Penlee House, Penzance, Jan-March

2011: Penlee House, 'The Marvellous Everyday'

references

Cornwall Online Census Project-1891

Hardie(2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p308)

Morrab Library Photographic Archive Catalogue list

J Rice (2011) Curator's selection:  'The Marvellous Everyday' Exh Cat

C Thomas (1988) Views and Likenesses