Captain Mathieson, Gertrude Mathieson, a steward and two guests on board ANTIOPE

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

Date1899-1953

Object number00036916

NameNitrate Negative

MediumNitrate Negative

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

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DescriptionThis photograph depicts Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson (far left) and his wife Gertrude Mathieson (née Gowlland) with two guests and a steward 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.