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1759 Admiral Edward Boscawen engaged and defeated a French Fleet at the Battle of Lagos, off Portugal, during the 7 Years War. 2 current ships carry the Battle honour today. and The Cornishman was also the MP for

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2019-08-18

Last chance to see the Norman Cornish portraits exhibition at Gala Theatre Durham City. Over 5,000 visitors and closing on September 1st.

    

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2019-08-16

‘Into the Light’, part of my new Cornish series. Porthmeor sunsets lingering in my mind.

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2019-08-16

FAIRIES & THE DEAD Evans Wentz (1911) recorded the Highland belief in hosts as the evil dead & Cornish Peskies as the souls of unbaptised babies, appearing at Twilight in the form of moths Images: Pirner 1888; Highgate; white plume moth

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2019-08-15

feliz cumpleaños, se que es un poco tarde pero espero que hayas tenido un hermosos día con cariño el unicornio♡♡♡

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2019-08-10

1/ Cornish ladies used roses for divination. Walking backwards into a garden on Midsummer's eve (as you do), they would pick a rose, then place it in a bag... [A plate from 'Flora Londinensis', by William Curtis.]

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2019-08-09

Other designs are purely aesthetic. Sparkpaw(Bakugou) is based on the Laperm while Stickypaw(Sero) is a Cornish Rex. Sometimes I just look at a cat and be like, yep that's definately *insert character here*.

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2019-08-07

El bebe dylan conoció a un unicornio 🦄🦄

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2019-08-06

Kirsten Elswood's "Seed Head, Newlyn Beach". Kirsten has now moved from Somerset to Cornwall and is getting around new locations!

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2019-07-30

A commission of as bad ass cornish rex! 🐱

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2019-07-27

A third sketch from my Cornish One more coming soon . . .

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2019-07-20

According to Cornish legend, St Michaels Mt in Cornwall was built by the giant Cormoran. A local boy dug a trench into the side of the island & blew his horn so loud Cormoran woke and rolled down the hill. The boy would earn the name "Jack the Giant Killer."

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2019-07-18

Bonjour !
Je suis Marie et je dessine !
J'aime les pingouins et les cornichons !

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2019-07-17

Rooftops and chimney pots! A detail from the underpainting of my next acrylic painting...🏠

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2019-07-13