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Woman Seated On Well Cover

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Sharkey Collection

c. 1916

Overview

A 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.

Historical information

Possibly Edith Josephine Sharkey.
Early residences in Claremont required their own water supply.
Neighbours sometimes shared a well with pump or windmill.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-246

Item type

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Written in the album in pencil is [Well].

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

Sunday, 13 July, 2025

Completeness

94

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Life of creator +70 years

Permissions

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

Attribution requirements

Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.246'.

Copyright holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Claremont Museum

Claremont Museum

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Source: Claremont Museum 09.246

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