tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65134611264738237492024-03-14T17:18:31.969+11:00Thomas J. Nevin | Tasmanian Photographer19th century Australian police and commercial photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-9952128536257909522023-10-24T15:15:00.014+11:002023-10-30T06:34:28.961+11:00Thomas J. Nevin at the Citizen's Arch, 8 January 1868Royal Visit to Hobart by HRH Prince ALFRED, Duke of Edinburgh 1868
Thos J. NEVIN's cdv's of the Citizen's Arch 1868
Photograph ALBUMS of scenes and children gifted to the Prince 1868
Captain GOLDSMITH's vehicular ferry "Kangaroo" on fire 1868
F. J. PATERSON (attr) reprints as stereo of Thos J. Nevin's cdv the Citizen's Arch 1890
1868: a busy year for Thomas J. Nevin
Above: cropped detail of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-20517413158098073922023-10-21T07:12:00.011+11:002023-10-22T08:01:32.588+11:00Prisoner George CHARLTON, photo by T. J. Nevin, September 1874Thomas J. NEVIN's photography: a prisoner mugshot and a New Town stereograph
George CHARLTON, prison records, aliases and monikers
SIMS' Excelsior coal mine, Kangaroo Valley, Hobart, Tasmania
The Mugshot
Prisoner George Charlton, photographed by T. J. Nevin, Hobart Gaol, September 1874.
Prisoner CHARLTON, George
TMAG Ref: Q15571
Photographer: Thomas J. Nevin
Date and Location: Hobart Gaol, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-23841780600101390222022-12-07T14:08:00.016+11:002023-05-10T16:12:16.053+10:00Captain Edward Goldsmith: imports to Tasmania, exports to everywhere, 1840s-1860sCAPTAIN EDWARD GOLDSMITH (1804-1869) merchant mariner
IMPORTS of exotic flora and bloodlines 1850s
EXPORTS of indigenous plants, birds and animals 1860s
FRANK HAES stereogram of the thylacine London Zoo 1865
Glover, John. Hobart Town, Taken from the Garden Where I Lived, 1832 / by John Glover (1832).
Glover, John, 1767-1849
Painting oil on canvas - 76 x 152 cm, State Library of NSW
Link: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-2603141756966665302022-07-11T09:22:00.087+10:002023-07-23T08:49:31.590+10:00Indigenous elder Truganini and poet Ann Kearney, 1875For NAIDOC WEEK July 2022
Genocide and the European aesthetic
It was only two decades ago that the Archives Office of Tasmania displayed online scratchy black and white photographs of Tasmanian Aborigines with the catalogue tag "Flora and Fauna" in the same category as the extinct thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), known as the "Tasmanian Tiger".
The confections of the 19th century colonistsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-84197051668883283722021-02-17T13:35:00.017+11:002023-05-21T18:36:56.428+10:00Clients posing with Thomas J. Nevin's big box stereoscopic viewer TABLETOP STEREOSCOPIC VIEWERS
T. J. NEVIN'S STUDIO PORTRAITS and DECOR 1870s
Self-portrait with the big box tabletop stereo viewer
Thomas J. Nevin posed for this portrait standing next to his big box tabletop stereo viewer in the late 1860s or early 1870s, the years when he produced salt paper stereographs in sufficient numbers, often in collaboration with his close friend, prolific Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-90935176141893855552020-09-08T17:09:00.003+10:002021-09-03T10:38:59.483+10:00Elizabeth Allport nee Ritchie at Thomas J. Nevin's studio 1876ALLPORT Elizabeth, portraits of her and her children
ALLPORT Morton: a short life in public service
COHORT of Tasmanian photographers 1860s-1880s
EXHIBITIONS and PUBLICATIONS Lily Allport
T. J. Nevin's portrait of Elizabeth Allport
This photograph taken by Thomas J. Nevin at his studio, the City Photographic Establishment of Elizabeth Allport (1835-1925) is arguably the finest portrait taken of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-2265323365702824372020-05-11T13:24:00.002+10:002020-10-04T07:36:35.164+11:00Thomas Nevin's stereographs from the Pedder collectionLADY FRANKLIN MUSEUM, Ancanthe
THE PEDDER COLLECTION (TMAG) Stereographs by Thomas J. Nevin
NEVIN FAMILY at Kangaroo Valley (Lenah Valley, Tas)
Lady Franklin Museum stereograph (TMAG)
This fine stereograph by Thomas J.Nevin which is held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery was noted verso by someone in pencil as "best picture". It may have been chosen by Dan Sprod for publication in 1977 (Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-58089666369508236982019-09-24T13:57:00.002+10:002022-06-12T13:55:38.782+10:00Contractors Thomas J. Nevin and "dog on the chain" James Spence 1872THOMAS J. NEVIN police photographer
JAMES SPENCE public works contractor
UPPER ELIZABETH St. HOBART
ALDERMEN ELECTIONS Hobart City Council December 1872
The Royal Standard Hotel, proprietor James Spence from 1862-1874
On the corner of Patrick St. at 142 Elizabeth St. Hobart, Tasmania
Next door to Thomas Nevin's studio, glass house and residence 138-140 Elizabeth St.
Sketch by J. Beavis, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-14847272044823579252019-09-11T17:18:00.002+10:002021-01-02T06:30:44.802+11:00Thomas Nevin and Alfred Barrett Biggs 1872-1876BIGGS FAMILY Triple Wedding 1855
ALFRED BARRETT BIGGS Transit of Venus 1874
CITY PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT Thomas J. Nevin
The Biggs family
Abraham Biggs (1799-1875) was a builder and contractor from Bedford, England who arrived in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1833 as a free settler with his wife Eliza Biggs née Coleman (1801-1891) and three sons aboard the Sir John Rae Reid. In Tasmania, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-12449201896477130532019-06-20T16:32:00.002+10:002020-10-18T12:14:36.258+11:00Thomas Nevin, Sam Clifford and the Flying Squadron at Hobart, January 1870ROYAL NAVY SHIPS THE FLYING SQUADRON in Hobart 1870
MUSIC manuscript of the GALOP by W. H. SPILLER
BOOK The Cruise round the World of the Flying Squadron 1869-1870
PHOTOGRAPHS by ABBOTT, WOOLLEY, CHERRY, CLIFFORD & NEVIN
DIARY of Midshipman Marcus McCausland
Abbott Album
171. Flying Squadron in Hobson's Bay 1869 (Victoria)
https://stors.tas.gov.au/
Press Reports
Source: Launceston Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-70334931781809379342019-03-11T18:44:00.002+11:002022-07-14T10:13:31.480+10:00A distinguished forelock: Henry Dresser Atkinson on board the "City of Hobart" 1872THE COLONISTS' TRIP TO ADVENTURE BAY 1872
REV. HENRY DRESSER ATKINSON (1841–1921) and TRUGANINI (1812–1876)
JOHN WOODCOCK GRAVES the younger and JEAN PORTHOUSE GRAVES
Without doubt, Thomas J. Nevin produced an intriguing photograph when he set up his camera in front of this esteemed group of day-trippers to Adventure Bay on board the City of Hobart on 31st January 1872. He advised Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-61474242873022042512018-11-07T15:23:00.004+11:002021-05-17T11:16:41.395+10:00Thomas Nevin's photographs mounted on calico 1870sCLOTH MOUNTS and blank versos
PANORAMAS and albums made to order
PRISONER MUGSHOTS on parchment, cloth and paper
On Wednesday, July 20th, 1870, the Tasmanian Times informed readers that Thomas Nevin's panorama of Hobart was on view at their offices, 10 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, and that copies mounted on calico could be obtained for delivery by mail.
The panorama noted by the Tasmanian Times Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-23205998607863378282018-09-17T10:17:00.004+10:002021-05-17T11:54:04.738+10:00Gold seekers Thomas Nevin, John Thorpe and Duncan Chisholm 1869GOLD MINING Tasmania
JOHN NEVIN snr land grant
THOMAS NEVIN photographer
DUNCAN CHISHOLM teacher
JOHN THORPE jun hotelier
The last dig at the Mt Mary gold mine Cygnet 1900
Mr Cowen, sitting, Mr Crowe & sons
Archives Office Tasmania Ref: PH30/1/5057
Gold at Port Cygnet Tasmania
It may have been an April Fool's Day joke or it may have been a bonanza. The Tasmanian Times, which regularly Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-37428911885891426622018-09-14T14:56:00.002+10:002023-08-09T11:23:03.526+10:00Dan Sprod and Thomas J. Nevin's photography in the 1970sDAN SPROD papers NLA 1976
THOMAS J. NEVIN convict photographs 1870s
During the 1970s publishers John Ferguson of Sydney commissioned established authors to research and collect old photographs to be published as a series of books called "Victorian and Edwardian [insert name here of an Australian city, e.g. Sydney, Adelaide etc] from old photographs". Patsy Adam-Smith, for example, compiledUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-85746038534596054692018-06-17T16:04:00.000+10:002020-09-19T17:22:32.587+10:00Thomas Nevin's stereo view of St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, ca. 1874St MARY'S CATHEDRAL, Harrington St. Hobart 1860-1876
STEREOGRAPHS and PANORAMAS
The view of this church, St Mary's Cathedral (R.C.), Hobart, Tasmania, was taken by Thomas J. Nevin on commission for Police Superintendent Frederick Pedder (1841-1923), Nevin’s colleague at the Municipal Police Office, Hobart Town Hall. It was passed into the hands of his son, solicitor Alfred Pedder (1881-1977) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-27179736434027366432017-11-05T17:03:00.002+11:002020-09-19T17:22:33.946+10:00Thomas Nevin and the Terpsichoreans, New Norfolk 1867 WORKING MEN'S CLUB
TERPSICHOREANS 1867 New Norfolk and 1868 Rosny
VALLEYFIELD Shoobridge Estate
Title:Photograph - Paddle Steamer, 'Monarch'
ADRI: NS1013/1/238
Source: Archives Office of Tasmania
Series: Photographs and glass plate negatives collected by E R Pretyman (NS1013)
Disambiguation: Charles Nevins and Thomas Nevin+s
Charles Nevins was a miner who operated at the Fingal Gold Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-89445485922650674002017-10-26T14:20:00.005+11:002023-10-30T06:54:32.408+11:00The house called "Tolosa" on the Hull estateGeorge HULL land grant Kangaroo Valley to Glenorchy Tasmania
Thomas J. NEVIN photographs of houses at Kangaroo Valley
W. J. LITTLE and E. HALDANE COTSWORTH at Kangaroo Valley
Hugh Munro HULL son of George Hull: insolvency
Where on the vast estate of 2560 acres granted to George Hull in 1824, 5.2 miles or 4.5 nautical miles north of Hobart was the house called "Tolosa" built? Was it on the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-3299410073348841252017-09-14T12:52:00.000+10:002020-09-19T17:22:34.536+10:00Portraits and landscapes from T. J. Nevin's cohortThis selection of late 1860s to mid 1870s Australian portraits and landscapes was acquired from eBay sellers on behalf of the KLW NFC Group for © KLW NFC Imprint Private Collection 2017. They were scanned on a CanoScan LiDE 220 on 13th September 2017. Works displayed here are attributed to the following photographers:
ALFRED BOCK (1835-1920) Tasmania
CHARLES NETTLETON (1825-1902) Victoria
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-8294263268576245592017-03-12T12:02:00.001+11:002021-05-16T15:44:24.932+10:00John Nevin senior's land grant 1859 at Port CygnetJOHN NEVIN snr: LAND GRANT at HUON VALLEY (Tasmania)
JOHN NEVIN snr at KANGAROO VALLEY (Tasmania)
A farmer and friend surveying his sown crop
Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin ca, 1870
Blind stamp on border at right "T. NEVIN PHOTO"
TMAG Collection Ref: Q1994.56.22
John Nevin snr (1808-1887) was born at Grey Abbey, Ireland and served with the Royal Scots 1st Regiment of Foot in the West Indies Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-14042728687347664882017-03-10T19:03:00.009+11:002021-06-15T10:21:41.224+10:00Marriage breakdown: Elizabeth Amos v Alfred Threlkeld Mayson 1879-1882SURVEYORS and ALFRED T. MAYSON
SEPARATION and DIVORCE: ELIZABETH AMOS v ALFRED T. MAYSON
THE CITY PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT Alfred Bock & Thomas Nevin
Hand-written inscription on verso:
Alfred T. Mayson, December 1865
Photographer's stamp in blue ink on verso:
Alfred Bock, City Photographic Establishment, 140 Elizabeth St. Hobart Town
Photo © KLW NFC Imprint 2016 Private Collection
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-22624000671011623972016-12-20T16:28:00.001+11:002020-09-19T17:22:36.608+10:00Captain Goldsmith, Captain Clinch & the Tasmanian Steamship Navigation CompanyTASMANIAN STEAMSHIP NAVIGATION COMPANY
SHAREHOLDERS Captain Edward Goldsmith
CAPTAIN JOHN CLINCH
The Tasmania, S. Prout Hill 1854
Courtesy of the Archives Office of Tasmania
[The Tasmanian steam navigation company boat "Tasmania" running for Hobart] / S. Prout Hill.
Author: Hill, Samuel Prout, 1821-1861, artist.
Production: [Tasmania?] : S. Prout Hill, 1854.
Physical description: 1 painting : Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-90466851965758252782016-06-16T15:54:00.002+10:002021-05-20T11:49:35.534+10:00Trout and salmon ova for New Zealand 1873STEPHEN BUDDEN New Zealand
ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETIES salmon trout ova
BUDDEN PHOTO COLLECTIONS
Here is a stereograph attributed to Tasmanian photographer Samuel Clifford ca. 1868 which was cleanly mounted in a binocular frame. The examples below, in relation to Stephen Budden's visit to Tasmania in 1873, were not so fortunate to survive in such original condition. They were printed first as Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-5495587605149634582016-03-26T23:02:00.005+11:002021-11-24T13:54:01.012+11:00The photographer's tent at Port Arthur: 1872 or 1874?
Professional photographers Alfred Bock, Samuel Clifford and Thomas Nevin visited the prison at Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula on several occasions between 1866 and 1874. Bock photographed the prison's officers, Clifford photographed visiting dignitaries and the scenery, and Nevin photographed day-trippers, buildings and the handful of prisoners still located there between 1872-74 before Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-43493201683377353402016-03-25T18:23:00.001+11:002020-10-18T12:19:08.393+11:00Why shave? Thomas Nevin and the pogonophilesPOGONOPHILIA
NEVIN'S MALE CLIENTS 1860s-70s
NEVIN FAMILY FACIAL HAIR FASHIONS
Young bearded man in check-pattern summer jacket
Nevin & Smith 1868 Hobart Town
Courtesy of © The Liam Peters Collection 2010.
This deft and lightly hand-tinted photograph of a bearded young man wearing a check-pattern summer jacket was taken by Thomas J. Nevin in early 1868 while operating with partner Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513461126473823749.post-48714532799281848022016-03-22T16:49:00.001+11:002020-10-14T12:25:26.590+11:00Captain Edward Goldsmith: Falkland Islands 1839CAPTAIN EDWARD GOLDSMITH
THE FALKLAND ISLAND (ISLAS MALVINAS)
CAPTAIN WILLIAM LANGDON
Settlement at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands May 1849
Ref: PAI4610
Artist: Fanshawe, Edward Gennys
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
In March 1839, when Captain Edward Goldsmith penned the letter (below) in support of British colonization of the Falkland Islands as a penal colony, he had arrived Unknownnoreply@blogger.com