Dr Revd William Borlase was
the first antiquarian to study the sacred sites of Cornwall. Like his near
contemporary, Stukeley, he attributed most of the megaliths and stone
circles to the druids.
Borlase was also a collector
of minerals, and his portrait overlooks the famous mineral room in the Royal
Cornwall Museum, which contains specimens housed in a mysterious pyramidal
cabinet.
Enigmatic reflections of the
room, and the minerals inside it, form the basis of this series of
photographs.
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