SHARKEY COLLECTION - RAY, MARIA
c. 1845Sepia studio portrait of Maria Ray sitting on an upholstered seat backed by drapery. She is wearing a heavy silk outfit with a boned and beaded jacket with stand-up collar, lace jabot and cuffs. Her upswept hair is topped with a lace 'dress cap' and she holds a folded paper in her left hand. The print is mounted on white card with embossed border, crest and [Johnstone O'Shannessy & Co/ PROPTY. LTD/ Collins St Melbourne]. Written in ink on the rear [Grand Mother/ Maria Ray].
Maria Josephine Leplastrier Ray (c1835-1908) was married to Captain Henry Nathaniel Ray (c1829 - 1879) and lived in Hawthorne, Melbourne. Their house was called Maida. Children: Mary Josephine 'Minnie' b.1859 (married to St John Alder Biggs, lived in Claremont and went onto England), Emma Georgiana b.1861 (married to Skinner), Henry George b.1862 (a solicitor who went to Vancouver), Arthur Charles b.1864 (worked with Raymond Sharkey), Herbert, Walter (South African War and then onto Canada) and Florence Edith b.1875 (married to Raymond Sharkey).
Other items from Claremont Museum
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - BOOTH FAMILY
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - TEA IN THE GARDEN WITH NAPIER FAMILY
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - LUNCH IN THE BUSH
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - MAIDA LEFROY AND BRUCE SHARKEY
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - PICNIC IN THE BUSH
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - JOHN AND MAIDA LEFROY
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - GIRLS WITH FANCY GOODS
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - RAYMOND SHARKEY AND HIS DAUGHTERS
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - FAMILY PICNIC GROUP
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - BY THE RIVER
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SHARKEY COLLECTION - JO SHARKEY AND GROUP
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Elizabeth Sheppard In World War I Masseuse Uniform
