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Captain Mathieson, wife Gertrude Mathieson and their pet parrot on board the sailing ship ANTIOPE

This photograph depicts Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson and his wife Gertrude Mathieson (née Gowlland) and a caged parrot near the deck house of the three-masted barque ANTIOPE.

 

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.

 

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Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

 

Object no. 00036915

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Uploaded on June 3, 2013
Taken on June 3, 2013