Woman Seated On Well Cover
c. 1916A woman in a long-sleeved dark outfit with white jabot is seated on a hemispherical well cover. She is holding a dark sunshade and a small dog is standing up to her lap.
A pipe leading from the well is in the foreground and another passes through an open picket fence, beyond which are trees, the river and the distant river bank.
Possibly Edith Josephine Sharkey.
Early residences in Claremont required their own water supply.
Neighbours sometimes shared a well with pump or windmill.
Details
Details
Written in the album in pencil is [Well].
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.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.246'.
Other items by Sharkey Collection
- Men On Verandah
- Bathurst Courthouse
- Perth Town Hall
- Keough's Boarding House
- Lands Department Building
- Men On 'Appy 'Ome' Verandah
- St John's College University of Sydney
- Two Storey Georgian Home
- Man Inside Room With Privacy Curtains
- Yachts At Canning Bridge
- Rocky Bay On Swan River
- Yachts On The Swan River
Other items from Claremont Museum
- Dog Sitting On A Mat
- Children In The Garden
- Children In The Garden
- Children In The Garden
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - WAINOMI 1928
- Freshwater Bay Boat Sheds
- Woman On Concrete Steps
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - WOMAN AT RIVER'S EDGE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - PERSON ON A HORSE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - YOUNG WOMAN AT RIVER'S EDGE
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - GROUP IN DINGHY NEAR SCOTCH COLLEGE BOAT SHED
- SHARKEY COLLECTION - LAD WITH CAMERA AT REAR OF HOUSE

Source: Claremont Museum 09.246
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