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Four-masted barque LYDGATE with other sailing ships
Four-masted barque LYDGATE with other sailing ships

Four-masted barque LYDGATE with other sailing ships

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1893-1920
Object number00036911
NameNitrate Negative
MediumNitrate Negative
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts the four-masted barque LYDGATE with other sailing ships, possibly including ANTIOPE second in the line.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.