Seven (7) previously unpublished photographs by Thomas J.Nevin or pertaining to Thomas J. Nevin’s photography from the 1870s were scanned and submitted to this weblog by private collector Liam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
Category Archives: Stereographs
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
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
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
Constable W.J. Nevin at inquest 1882
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The Nevin brothers, Thomas (T. J. Nevin, 1842-1923) and John (W. J. Nevin, 1852-1891) served the Police and Prisons Departments of the Tasmanian government from the late 1860s to the late 1880s. Thomas was contracted as prisons and police photographer … Continue reading
On the road with Sam Clifford and Thomas Nevin 1874
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TRAVELLING PHOTOGRAPHERS 1874 On this tour, Clifford and Nevin travelled on the main road north from Hobart to Launceston. Courtesy State Library of Tasmania Samuel Clifford ca. 1874 Melton Mowbray from the Bothwell Road Ref: AUTAS001124850124 Tasmanian professional photographers Thomas … Continue reading
Thomas Nevin and H.H. Baily at the Regatta 1872
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This photograph was taken by H. H. Baily on Regatta Day, Hobart, February 1872. The Mercury published a notice to inform the public of its availability. The notice describes the scene in great detail. Photo by H. H. Baily, Regatta … Continue reading
Nevin’s big tabletop stereograph viewer
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The big tabletop stereo viewer and the Freemason … Thomas J. Nevin, self-portrait with table stereo viewer, ca. 1875 From © The Shelverton Collection 2007 -2009 ARR. Although this image is faint – it is a scan of a print … Continue reading
Ferns, convicts, and Charles Darwin
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NEVIN’s FERN STEREOGRAPHS Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collections TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.13 T. Nevin impress At least five stereographs of ferns by Thomas Nevin are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, dated to ca. 1870. Their catalogue entries … Continue reading
Red and violet: the impact of Brewster stereoscopy
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More and more examples of Thomas Nevin’s studio portraits have surfaced in recent years, and a few share ONE very odd feature. They have been inexpertly daubed with two colours: RED or raspberry, and VIOLET or blueberry, and some show … Continue reading
Thomas Nevin’s stereography
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This carte-de-visite is a jewel in the crown of early stereography in Australia. It is the only surviving image of an 1860s photographer at work with a stereoscopic viewer. Thomas J. Nevin, late 1860s, pictured seated here holding a stereoscopic … Continue reading
Stereographs slideshow
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selection of salt paper stereographs from the late 1860s and early 1870s by Thomas J. Nevin. Several are from the series Q1994.56 from The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection. A total of 53 were listed in the TMAG databases … Continue reading
Melville Street from the Hobart Gaol 140 years ago
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Thomas and Jack Nevin at H.M. Gaol 1860s Archives Office of Tasmania Reference: PH30/1/3661 Title: Campbell Street Subject:backyards, churches, courthouses, houses, jails, landscapes, roads & streets, streetscapes Locality:Campbell Street, Campbell Street, Hobart Date:1870 Caption: View of Campbell Street, at the … Continue reading
Stereographs by Clifford & Nevin at ‘Narryna’
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An unmarked stereoscope and several stereographs are held at the Narryna Heritage Museum, Battery Point, Hobart. The stereographs depict an exterior view of Government House in Campbell St, The Queens Orphan School at New Town, and The Hobart Gaol viewed … Continue reading
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery databases
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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