Loading
French three-masted barque VINCENNES aground on Manly Beach in Sydney
Samuel J Hood StudioMay 1906
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This image depicts the three-masted barque VINCENNES stranded at Mavis Beach in Sydney NSW. The barque was launched in 1900 and ran aground in 1906. It was refloated and finally broken up in 1926. In the background Manly's St Patrick's Seminary is visible.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: French three-masted barque VINCENNES aground on Manly Beach in Sydney
- Creator: Samuel J Hood Studio
- Date: May 1906
- Location: Sydney
- Type: Glass plate negative
- Significance: The Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: Emulsion on glass
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
