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Man Inside Room With Privacy Curtains

Sharkey Collection
c. 1895
Overview

Photograph of a man with moustache wearing knee length dark pants and white shirt sitting on a carved leg chair reading a book. His bare feet are on the back of a bentwood chair A chest of drawers and a door are partly hidden by curtains plain, patterned and check attached to a rope. The wall is papered and there is a patterned mat on the floor.

Historical information

From the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.

Raymond John Sharkey was born in 1868 in New South Wales. He was an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer. Worked for a time in Esperance and the goldfields. Married Edith Florence Ray in Melbourne on 4th October 1899. They had four children Josephine, Peggy, Maida and Bruce. Lived at the 'Appy 'Ome as a bachelor. Moved to 'Wainomi' 3 Victoria Avenue, Claremont 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 the age 41 on 22nd September 1910.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--9-210-
Item type
Photographs
Themes
Social History
Year
c. 1895
Links to additional resources
Claremont Museum.
Copyright category
Life of creator +70 years
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Copyright holder
Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
Claremont Museum

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Man Inside Room With Privacy Curtains
Man Inside Room With Privacy Curtains
Source: Claremont Museum 09.210

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