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Names

Name PrimaryMaritime Artwork Collection

Name AlternateMH 'Painting' Collection

IDs

ID LocalWAM 45

ID Urihttp://museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/maritime-history/maritime-history-boats-and-watercraft

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionThe WAM Maritime History Artworks Collection features over 180 rare and often unknown original artworks recording or representing aspects of Western Australian maritime interactions, by artists as diverse as harbourmasters to war correspondents, and range from the 1830s to the present day. This collection of artworks includes oil paintings, etchings, watercolours, curios, sea chests, pearl shell, scrimshaw, textiles, and wood carvings.

Full DescriptionThe focus of the artworks collection are those created by people with maritime professions or backgrounds that document voyages and maritime experiences, ship portraits, ports, and which generally document Western Australia's maritime history. Together the collectioon records the development of WA as a maritime colony, providing irreplaceable records of colonial activity before the birth and acceptance of photography, and continues on to provide an often challenging depiction of subsequent maritime activities.

RightsSome material may be subject to copyright.

AccessViewable in exhibitions at WA Maritime Museum, WA Museum in Perth, Albany and Geraldton. Collection storage areas may be accessed by prior appointment.

NoteItem descriptions, specifications, images, conservation & location history available through MHRD (WA Museum Maritime History department Integrated Collection Management System).

Subjects

local20th and 21st Centuries; Artwork

aptArt; Decorative art; Fabric design; Marine & waterway places & structures; Paintings; Prints; Vessels (watercraft)

scotArt objects; Carving; Etching; Maritime history; Painting; Textile crafts; Water transport; Watercolour painting

pontArtworks; Carvings; Chests; Etchings; Paintings; Scrimshaw; Textiles

Coverage Spatial

TextInternational; Western Australia

Coverage Temporal

From1880

To1999

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:42

Date Created in MME2011-03-31 00:17

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