G02447

Fish being weighed, Polperro, Cornwall Long Caption: The men in the centre of this photograph are crowding around a set of scales where the fish landed in Polperro were weighed and then sold to dealers. In the 19th century, the men and women of the village lived frugally, making their money from the sea. They ate pilchards, caught locally, and potatoes grown in their own garden plots. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: G2447 Artist: Francis Frith & Co. Date: 1889 Medium: photograph; silver halide; gelatine Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.