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Claremont Museum > Records

Yachts On The Swan River

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Sharkey Collection

c. 1895

Overview

Four cyanotypes (blue) prints of yachts on the Swan River.

09.190a
Atalanta in full sail.

09.190b
09.190c
Iolanthe in a stiff breeze.

09.190d
Several yachts forming a composition of hulls, sails, men and masts at Crawley.

Historical information

Cyanotypes prints used ferric (iron) salts, rather than silver nitrate, and produces blue images on a white background. Forerunners of architectural blueprints. This process has the advantage of increasing permanency.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-190-a-d

Item type

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Each has a caption in the album.

09.190a
[ATALANTA]

09.190b
09.190c
[IOLANTHE]

09.190d
[YACHTS AT CRAWLEY]

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

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.

Last modified

Saturday, 5 July, 2025

Completeness

94

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Life of creator +70 years

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For authorisation to reproduce, publish or display, please contact the Claremont Museum.

Attribution requirements

Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.190'.

Copyright holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Claremont Museum

Claremont Museum

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Iolanthe In A Stiff Breeze

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Yachts At Crawley

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Source: Claremont Museum 09.190d

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