English ship's officer with a monkey

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

Date1900-1930

Object number00020838

NameNitrate negative

MediumNitrate negative

DimensionsOverall: 143 x 91 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThis photograph by Samuel Hood depicts an officer from the Glasgow shipping firm J Gardiner & Co posed with a monkey.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.