“… portraits of prisoners taken in the dock …” THOMAS BOCK Police artists worked in the Supreme Court of Tasmania from as early as 1824. An album of portraits of “prisoners taken in the dock” (Dunbar, QVMAG catalogue 1991:25) by … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2010
The Supreme Court mugshots taken by T.J. Nevin from 1871 onwards
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER Professional and commercial photographer Thomas J. Nevin undertook the job of systematically photographing prisoners who were tried at the Supreme Court, Hobart from mid 1871 at the behest of the Tasmanian government. His job description was to photograph … Continue reading
The Photographer’s Wife
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“Look for a long time at what pleases you and longer still at what pains you.” Colette Photographed from Nevin’s original. © KLW NFC 2010 ARR Carte-de-visite of Elizabeth Rachel Day, ca. 1870-71. Married on July 12, 1871 to photographer … Continue reading
Lyn Hagan: art from Nevin’s ‘Tazmanian’ convicts
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Lyn Hagan is a British artist who used these two photographs by Nevin of prisoners James Harper (on left) and Charles Downes (on right) to create her own images. … Thomas J Nevin’s photographs of Tazmanian convicts. Read more at … Continue reading