MOUNT STEWART - two women posed beside the ship's wheel

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Datec 1920

Object number00036959

NameNitrate Negative

MediumNitrate Negative

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

HistoryMOUNT STEWART was built in 1891 by Barclay Curle & Co in Glasgow (Yard No 368) for Donaldson Rose & Co, Aberdeen. Steel hulled, measured Length: 271.5 ft (82.8 m). Width: 40.1 ft (12.2 m). Depth: 23.3 ft (7.1 m). Tonnage of 1903 GRT. Rigged with a main skysail and double topgallant sails. Employed in the Australian wool trade. She was broken up in 1924 or 1925.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.