Category Archives: C. G. Harrisson Collection

A highly coloured portrait

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Unidentified woman, seated with sewing A highly colored carte-de-visite ca. 1872 Taken by T.Nevin late A.Bock, 140 Elizabeth St., Hobart Town Held at the Archives Office of Tasmania TAHO Ref: PH31/439 Photo © KLW NFC Imprint 2012 ARR This carte-de-visite … Continue reading →

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From the C. G. Harrisson Collection: three studio stamps

Posted on August 4, 2010 by
Seated woman with tinted flowers

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Private collector and professional photographer Geoff Harrisson kindly forwarded these six scans of studio portraits by Thomas J . Nevin, each bearing verso a different inscription or stamp. Continue reading →

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Thomas Nevin’s studio decor and tints ca. 1871

Posted on June 10, 2007 by

This full length portrait in carte-de-visite format is of an unidentified woman. As the same carpet appears in the Nevin-Day wedding photograph dated July 1871, this photo can be dated ca. 1869-72. The verso bears Thomas Nevin’s everyday business stamp … Continue reading →

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The red and green tinted sprig and Wm Maguire

Posted on May 2, 2007 by
The red and green tinted sprig and Wm Maguire

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Several carte-de-visite portraits from the 1870s bear a daub of red and green representing a flower, perhaps a sprig of holly to signify a portrait taken at Christmas. Two of the three colored examples here were taken by Thomas J. … Continue reading →

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