Gertrude Mathieson and Captain Mathieson on board ANTIOPE
Photographer
Samuel J Hood Studio
(Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1899-1953
Object number00036920
NameNitrate Negative
MediumNitrate Negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection.
DescriptionThis photograph depicts husband and wife, Gertrude Mathieson (née Gowlland) and Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson 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
c 1915
