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Tea In The Garden With The Napier Family

Sharkey Collection
c. 1900
Overview

Mrs Napier is sitting in a deckchair behind a small bamboo-legged tea table with her sons beside her. Mr and Mrs Sharkey, each holding cups, are seated in cane chairs on either side. Raymond Sharkey is wearing a suit, bow tie and boots, the women are dressed in long-sleeved blouses and skirts, and the boys in short pants and polo-necked jerseys. A well-developed garden forms the background.

Historical information

Napier home at 19 Goldsmith Road, Claremont.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--9-289
Item type
Photographs
Themes
People
Social History
Inscriptions and markings

Written in ink on the rear [Mrs Clive Napier flanked by/ her two sons Dudley fairhead/ & Jack dark head/ & Mr & Mrs Sharky./ about 1900./ Photo taken by Clive H. Napier]

Contextual information

Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.

Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.

Year
c. 1900
Links to additional resources
Claremont Museum.
Last modified
Friday, 8 August, 2025
Completeness
94
Copyright category
Life of creator +70 years
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Copyright holder
Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
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Tea In The Garden With The Napier Family
Tea In The Garden With The Napier Family
Source: Claremont Museum 09.289

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