Captain Mathieson, Gertrude Mathieson and two guests on board ANTIOPE
Photographer
Samuel J Hood Studio
(Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1899-1953
Object number00036917
NameNitrate Negative
MediumNitrate Negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson (far left) and his wife Gertrude Mathieson (née Gowlland) with two guests at a dining table on board 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.Samuel J Hood Studio
1899-1953
Samuel J Hood Studio
1906-1916
Samuel J Hood Studio
8 January 1929
Samuel J Hood Studio
8 January 1929
Samuel J Hood Studio
8 January 1929