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Laodicea Dicey Langston of South Carolina protecting her elderly father, a known supporter of the revolutionary cause, against Loyalist troops during the American Revolution. Mezzotint, 19th century, after a painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson

SOUTH CAROLINA: LOYALISTS.
Laodicea Dicey Langston of South Carolina protecting her elderly father, a known supporter of the revolutionary cause, against Loyalist troops during the American Revolution. Mezzotint, 19th century, after a painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson

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Barga, Italy

Barga. View from the mediaeval Tuscan town of Barga across the Serchio river valley, towards the summit of Pania Secca (1171 metres) in the Apuan Alps, Italy. This rugged range of mountains along the northern Tuscan coast is primarily made up of marble and other metamorphic carbonate rocks. The Apuan Alps is a leading source of high-grade, statue-quality white marble. Michelangelo used marble from nearby Carrara for his sculptures

© SHEILA TERRY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

The Harbour, Cadgwith, Cornwall. 1908

A man and woman admire the visiting French ketch Nouvelle Marie, moored at Cadgwith. The ship was lost with all hands in 1909 off the coast of Glamorgan. The large thatched house at the top left of the photograph is Bodrigy, built by the Johnson family, of Trewithen in about 1905. The house burnt down in the early 1960s, leaving only the ground floor. The remains of the house were remodelled into a bungalow after the fire. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

© From the collection of the RIC