T.R. Williams’ stereographs taken of scenes in an English village in the 1850s (“Scenes in Our Village”) have been reproduced by Brian May and Elena Vidal in a superb publication, “A Village Lost and Found” . The book comes in a slip case that includes a stereoscopic viewer invented by Brian May “which makes the magic happen”. Continue reading
This stereograph on salt paper, which was produced by Thomas J. Nevin in the late 1860s of Tasmanian ferns, bears his blind stamp on the viewer’s left side, viz. “T. NEVIN PHOTO”. It belongs to a series of ferns taken around the foothills of Mt Wellington now held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. This example is held in a private collection of Nevin descendants. Continue reading
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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 holds a sizable collection of rare works by Thomas J. Nevin. Continue reading
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“Look for a long time at what pleases you and longer still at what pains you.”
Colette
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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
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THE TRIP DOWN THE RIVER.- A photograph of the “Colonists’ Trip” has been very well taken by Mr. Nevin, which will be of special interest to those who took part, and will probably like to secure this remembrance of so memorable event. Continue reading
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This selection from the Lucy Batchelor Album of 1870s carte-de-visite portraits by Tasmanian photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923), submitted courtesy of Robyn and Peter Bishop, was scanned from the original page. Each carte is mounted behind the cut-out frame of the album leaves. The album is ca. 150 years old. Continue reading
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Although this image is faint – it is a scan of a print pasted into the scrapbook of his son George – it shows clearly enough that George’s father, photographer Thomas J. Nevin, was rather fond of his big box tabletop stereograph viewer. Continue reading
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KEY CHRONOLOGY 1842-1923 SUMMARY Thomas J. Nevin produced large numbers of stereographs and cartes-de-visite within his commercial practice, and prisoner ID photographs on government contract and in civil service. He was one of the first photographers to work with the … Continue reading
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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 photographer by the Colonial Government was signed by his … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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A selection of salt paper stereographs from the late 1860s and early 1870s by Thomas J. Nevin are included here and can also be viewed in Picasa Albums. Several are from the series Q1994.56 from The Tasmanian Museum and Art … Continue reading
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