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T.J. Nevin’s portraits of the McVilly children 1874

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Courtesy of the National Library of New Zealand


Date: 18 Dec 1874 By: Nevin, Thomas J, 1842-1923

Ref: PA2-1198
Inscriptions: Inscribed – Verso – Laura Blanche McVilly, aged 4 years 18 December 1874.
Nevin, Thomas J, 1842-1923. Nevin, T J (Hobart) fl 1867-1875 :Portrait of Laura Blanche McVilly. McVilly, Richard William, 1862?-1949 :Photograph albums and a group portrait. Ref: PA2-1198. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/22801544

Date: 1867-1875 By: Nevin, Thomas J, 1842-1923
Ref: PA2-1197
Nevin, Thomas J, 1842-1923. Nevin, T J (Hobart) fl 1867-1875 :Portrait of unidentified young girl. McVilly, Richard William, 1862?-1949 :Photograph albums and a group portrait. Ref: PA2-1197. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/22395505


Date: 1867-1875 By: Nevin, Thomas J, 1842-1923
Ref: PA2-1196
Inscriptions: Inscribed – Verso – In ink : Jn Dick.
Nevin, Thomas J, 1842-1923. Nevin, T J (Hobart) fl 1867-1875 :Portrait of Jn Dick. McVilly, Richard William, 1862?-1949 :Photograph albums and a group portrait. Ref: PA2-1196. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/22906805

Preview:The Liam Peters Collection

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Seven (7) previously unpublished photographs by Thomas J.Nevin or pertaining to Thomas J. Nevin’s photography from the 1870s were scanned and submitted to this weblog by private collector Liam Peters in December 2010. The brief descriptions below of each item … Continue reading →

A missing or unidentified mugshot: Alfred Harrington

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The research we have provided on these weblogs since 2003 about the police work of professional photographer Thomas J. Nevin in Tasmania during the 1870s and the mugshots he produced has stimulated and inspired a global reading public. If you … Continue reading →

Good reading for The Kid 1921:police gazettes

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Pictured: Jackie Coogan as the Kid finds something amusing in the Police Gazette … Jackie Coogan as Charlie Chaplin’s co-star in The Kid (1921) finds something amusing in the Police Gazette. The Kid Motion Picture © MCMXXI Charles Chaplin Snapshot … Continue reading →

Thomas FRANCIS was photographed by T.J. NEVIN on 6th February 1874

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Thomas FRANCIS was discharged from Port Arthur, per the first notice (below) in the police gazette dated 31st January – 4th February, 1874. Note that no physical details of the prisoner had been recorded by the police up to that … Continue reading →

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery holdings

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This Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery notice about their photographic collections appeared in November 2006. It is now September 2010, and the promised website with viewable databases of their vast photographic holdings is still not up and running. The TMAG … Continue reading →

From Thomas Bock to Thomas Nevin: Supreme Court prisoner portraits

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“… 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 →

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 →

Aliases, Copies and Misattribution

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ALIASES, COPIES & MISATTRIBUTION … numbered copies … George White as Nutt,  George Nutt alias White … Above: The database image of George NUTT with verso at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery: note that the verso is inscribed … Continue reading →

Samuel Page’s Royal Mail coach

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Samuel Page held the government contracts for the Royal Mail coach deliveries between Hobart and Launceston, and contracted Nevin for photographic advertisements of his coachline. Samuel Page lived at Belle Vue, New Town, a villa with stables, paddocks and gardens. … Continue reading →

John Nevin in the Royal Scots at the Canadian Rebellion 1837-38

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MOTTO of the ROYAL SCOTS “Nemo me impune Lacessit”. “No-one touches me with impunity” (or “Dinna mess wi’ me!”) While research into the life and times of photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923) in Tasmania has uncovered many fascinating aspects of … Continue reading →

A Question of Stupidity & the NLA

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CARDBOARD CONVICTISM … Cardboard convict Hyde Park Barracks Sydney All photos © KLW NFC 2009-2010 ARR If A.H. Boyd were alive today, he would be very surprised indeed to read that he was the photographer of the extant Tasmanian prisoners’ … Continue reading →

Husbands and Wives NPG Exhibition 2010

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An exhibition of early colonial portraits titled HUSBANDS and WIVES has recently opened at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Australia. Apart from the usual collection of cartes-de-visite, there are several daguerreotypes and ambrotypes of individuals, couples and family groups on … Continue reading →

The Colonists’ Trip to Adventure Bay 1872

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On February 2, 1872 Thomas J. Nevin placed an advertisement in The Mercury informing the public and visitors (tourists) that his photographs, taken on a Colonists’ Trip down the River Derwent to Adventure Bay on the eastern side of Bruny … Continue reading →