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Prison photography
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Thomas J. Nevin produced large numbers of stereographs and cartes within his commercial practice, and prisoner ID photographs on government contract. He was one of the first photographers to work with the police in Australia, along with Charles Nettleton (Victoria) and Frazer Crawford (South Australia). His Tasmanian prisoner vignettes ("mugshots") are the earliest to survive in public collections.
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Archive for March, 2009
Three significant prisoner cartes by T.J. Nevin
First published on Monday, March 30th, 2009
Posted in 19th century prison photography, General, Police Records, The Port Arthur Convicts Commission | No Comments »
More than 300 Tasmanian prisoner mugshots were taken by Thomas and Jack Nevin between 1872 and 1884.T. J. Nevin, 9 convicts photographsMitchell Library NSW (PXB 274)All are significant; these two ... Read more..Mismatched records : The Bulletin 1978
First published on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Posted in 19th century prison photography, Exhibitions and Publications, General, Police Records | No Comments »
The article below appeared in The Bulletin, a weekly Australian magazine on May 16, 1978. The journalist's name was not recorded. It was published a year after the initial exhibition ... Read more..About those photographic glasses 1873
First published on Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Posted in 19th century prison photography, Attribution Issues, General, The Port Arthur Convicts Commission | No Comments »
GENESIS of the BOYD MISATTRIBUTIONA.H. Boyd (1827-1891) was a Hobart-born accountant appointed to government service in 1848. He served at the Port Arthur prison as Civil Commandant from 1871 until ... Read more..The case of Leonard Hand
First published on Saturday, March 21st, 2009
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nla.pic-an24612719Nevin, Thomas J., 1842-ca. 1922.Leonard Hand, native, taken at Port Arthur, 1874 [picture] 1874.1 photograph on carte-de-visite mount: albumen; 9.5 x 5.7 cm.PIC P1029/64 LOC Album 935Inscription: "211"--On reverse.Thomas Nevin ... Read more..Working with police and prisoners
First published on Sunday, March 15th, 2009
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Thomas Nevin (1842-1923) worked with the Military police, the Municipal police, and the Territorial police between 1852 and 1888. One of the earliest legal documents testifying to his support as a ... Read more..Fourth son George Ernest Nevin
First published on Friday, March 13th, 2009
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George Ernest Nevin (1880-1957) was born at the Hobart Town Hall during his father Thomas Nevin's occupancy as Keeper. Thanks to George's prescience in keeping photographs taken by his father ... Read more..Thomas Nevin self portraits 1850s-1880
First published on Thursday, March 12th, 2009
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There are not many extant self portraits of Tasmanian colonial photographers of the 1850s-1880. The watercolour attributed to Alfred Bock of a young gentleman is held at the State Library ... Read more..