SHARKEY COLLECTION - CHILD AND ADULTS ON TENNIS COURT

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c. 1892

Overview

B/W prints. (a) Man in top hat, dark cut-away jacket and waistcoat and light trousers, with one knee on the grass of a tennis court, and an arm extended to support a small child in voluminous dress and hat. (b) Woman in long-sleeved, long dress with slight bustle and a large hat with veiling blowing in wind, is standing on the court with a hand extended to the same child. In background of both images is the tennis net, rear of a large Georgian house with steps from a verandah and heavy foliage.

Historical information

Raymond John Sharkey lived at the 'Appy 'Ome as a bachelor. Born in 1868 in New South Wales, Raymond Sharkey was an architect and surveyor and amateur photographer. He worked for a time in Esperance and the goldfields. He married Edith Florence Ray in Melbourne on October 4th, 1899. They had four children Josephine, Peggy, Maida and Bruce. Moved to 3 Victoria Avenue 'Wainomi in 1903'. While living in Claremont, worked as a draughtsman for the Public Works Department. Died of a heart attack at the Subiaco train station at age 41 on September 22, 1910.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-228-a,b

Item type

Photographs

Year

c. 1892

Claremont Museum

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