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Captain Mathieson, his wife Gertrude and their pet parrot on board the sailing ship ANTIOPE
Captain Mathieson, his wife Gertrude and their pet parrot on board the sailing ship ANTIOPE

Captain Mathieson, his wife Gertrude and their pet parrot on board the sailing ship ANTIOPE

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1906-1916
Object number00036915
NameNitrate negative
MediumNitrate Negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson and his wife Gertrude Mathieson (née Gowlland) and a caged parrot near the deck house of the three-masted barque ANTIOPE.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.