Friday, May 25, 2012

Queen's Brian May & Elena Vidal on T.R. Williams' stereography

A FORGOTTEN PIONEER of STEREOGRAPHY 1850s
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".

T R Williams stereo 1850s

In these videos, Brian May and Elena Vidal explain the history and principles of stereography, and the inception of their book.

"You can find some grubby old card in an auction house ... and suddenly you can walk into another world."








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A Village Lost and Found, The London Stereoscopic Society 2009



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THOMAS NEVIN'S STEREOGRAPHS 1860s
T.J. Nevin printed his stereographs using the same card frame, and the same type of photographer's blind impress stamp evident in T.R. Williams' work, suggesting direct knowledge of Williams as a pioneer of the science and art.

More than fifty stereographs by T. Nevin held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery - many depicting scenes of Augusta, the village at Kangaroo Valley (now Lenah Valley, Hobart) where the Nevin family resided on land adjoining the Lady Franklin Museum - reflect similar thematic conventions in T.R. Williams' original "Scenes in Our Village" in which short poems were written to accompany each . Thomas Nevin's father, John Nevin, published a poem in 1868 about the cottage he built at Kangaroo Valley, and his son Thomas Nevin produced an accompanying photograph of the cottage. And like T.R. Williams who was largely forgotten until Brian May's publication, scant attention had been paid to Thomas J. Nevin (apart from his portraits of convicts) until the appearance of this weblog and its associated sites.



With Jean Porthouse Graves at Caldew, West Hobart
Group portrait of two male adults, one boy and three girls, members of the Graves, Miller and Boyes family taken by Thomas Nevin ca. 1870 at Caldew, West Hobart.
Stereograph in arched mount on yellow card
TMAG Ref: Q16826.10



Coal Mining operation, New Town Tasmania
Possibly Sim’s Excelsior coal mine at Kangaroo Valley sold to Mr Stops 1874. Thomas Nevin acted as an agent for domestic coal supplies.
TMAG Ref: Q16826.11



House with bluestone side extensions
Taken ca. 1868 by Thomas J. Nevin of a house, possibly in Kangaroo Valley (Hobart) with partner Robert Smith. This is not the house built by John Nevin at Kangaroo Valley, (see Liam Peters Collection) but one quite similar, except that this one has bluestone walls.
Verso below bears the firm label of Nevin & Smith.
TMAG Ref: Q16826.9





Stereograph by Nevin & Smith of the Terpsichoreans at Rosny ,
Queen Victoria birthday celebrations 27th May 1868
Verso label: “Tasmanian Views from Nevin & Smith Photographers”
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection
TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.20.1



A farmer and friend surveying the crop
Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin ca, 1870
TMAG Collection Ref: Q1994.56.22



Group including Mrs and Mrs George Case at Sir John Franklin’s Tree, Kangaroo Valley, Tasmania.
Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin, ca.1867
TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.31



Group at the Lady Franklin Museum, Ancanthe
Stereograph by Thomas J. Nevin 1860s-1870s
TMAG Ref: Q1994-56-34



Mary Ann Nevin (1844-1878), sister of Thomas J. Nevin at the Kangaroo Valley school house ca. 1870
One of two identical stereographs held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection
TMAG Ref: Q16826-1-2



Mary Ann Nevin (1844-1878), sister of Thomas J. Nevin,
dipping a glass at New Town rivulet, Kangaroo Valley Hobart Tasmania, ca. 1870.
Stereograph taken by Thomas J. Nevin ca. 1870
Photo © KLW NFC Imprint Private Collection 2012

A comprehensive collection of stereographs taken by Thomas J. Nevin 1860s-1870s held at the Tasmanian Museum art Gallery Collection was digitised for KLW NFC Imprint (2015): click here to view a selection.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

"T. NEVIN PHOTO" - Thomas J. Nevin's blindstamp impress on stereographs 1860s-1870s

These stereographs taken by Thomas J. Nevin and stamped recto with his blindstamp impress - "T. NEVIN PHOTO" - over a decade in the 1860s-1870s are held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery collections.

T. J. Nevin's studio, 140 Elizabeth Street Hobart Town
This is one of two different views of Thomas Nevin's studio and shop, extreme right of frame, situated at 140 Elizabeth St. Hobart, three doors from Patrick Street, next door to the Standard Hotel at 142 Elizabeth Street on the corner.



Above: a view of Thomas Nevin's studio and shop, extreme right of frame, operating as the City Photographic Establishment, 140 Elizabeth St. Hobart, Tasmania.
Stereograph by T. J. Nevin ca. 1867-70
The dark building next door at 138 Elizabeth St., Nevin's residence, was leased from A. E. Biggs
"T. NEVIN PHOTO" blindstamp impress on lower centre of mount. Verso blank.
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.12

The Trip to Adventure Bay 1872
Copies of this series were collected by Jean Porthouse Graves, daughter of solicitor and townsman John Woodcock Graves the younger, the organizer of this VIP trip to Adventure Bay, 31 January 1872. Thomas J Nevin was commissioned to produce a series of group photographs for the visitors which he also advertised for sale in the press the  following week.   

These copies are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. This group portrait of the VIPs on board the City of Hobart was especially commissioned. It not only carries Nevin's blindstamp on the mount at right, it is also stamped verso with his government contractor stamp.



Above: stereograph, group portrait of the VIPS by T. J. Nevin
Day-trippers to Adventure Bay on board the City of Hobart 31st January 1872
"T. NEVIN PHOTO" blindstamp impress recto on right hand side
Verso with T. J. Nevin’s government contractor’s stamp with Royal Arms insignia.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection Ref: Q1994.56.2



Above: verso of stereograph of the group portrait of VIPS by T. J. Nevin
Day-trippers to Adventure Bay on board the City of Hobart 31st January 1872
"T. NEVIN PHOTO" blindstamp impress recto on right hand side
Verso shows T. J. Nevin’s government contractor’s stamp with Royal Arms insignia.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection Ref: Q1994.56.2.backed.

Below: another configuration with more members of the VIP group at Adventure Bay, 31st January 1872. The man laughing, sitting between the Hon. Alfred Kennerley (lower left) and Sir John O'Shanassy, is Hugh Munro Hull, Parliamentary librarian. He seems to have appreciated comments coming from Thomas Nevin at the point of capture, while Sir John O'Shanassy (with stick), reads on, oblivious. The figure running into the scene at centre is John Woodcock Graves (the younger), organiser of the excursion.



Nevin's blindstamp impress "T. NEVIN PHOTO" is on the mount at centre.
This stereo is badly water-damaged.
It is held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Ref: Q1994.56.24.
Photo taken at TMAG 10th November 2014
Photo copyright © KLW NFC 2014 ARR
TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.24

This group photograph (below) of the colonists at Adventure Bay,  31st January 1872, show men of premier social status dressed in full Victorian attire from head to toe photographed in reclining and recumbent poses. These captures by Thomas Nevin of Sir John O'Shanassy and Sir James Erskine Calder lolling about in bush surroundings are quite remarkable.



Above: another group photograph of the colonists at Adventure Bay 31st January 1872
Figures on lower left, recumbent: John Woodcock Graves jnr and Sir John O'Shanassy
Between them: John Graves' teenage daughter, Jean Porthouse Graves
Above her in topper: Robert Byron Miller (whose son Francis Knowles Miller she married in 1885)
On right: sitting with stick, Hon. Alfred Kennerley, Mayor of Hobart.
Head in topper only on extreme right: Sir James Erskine Calder.

Stereograph in double oval buff mount with "T. NEVIN PHOTO"  blindstamp impress in centre
Verso is blank.
Photo taken at TMAG 10th November 2014
Photo copyright © KLW NFC 2014 ARR
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection Ref: Q1994.56.5

Along the River Derwent
These stereographs were printed in commercial numbers by both Thomas J. Nevin and his friend and colleague, Samuel Clifford for the tourist trade.



TMAG Catalogue notes (online until 2006)
Ref: Q1994.56.21
ITEM NAME: Photograph:
MEDIUM: sepia stereoscope salt paper print
MAKER: T Nevin [Artist]
DATE: 1870s
DESCRIPTION : Scene near New Norfolk ?
INSCRIPTIONS & MARKS: Impressed on front: T Nevin/ photo
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection Ref: Q1994.56.21



TMAG Catalogue notes (online until 2006)
Ref: Q1994.56.7
ITEM NAME: Photograph:
MEDIUM: sepia stereoscope salt paper print
MAKER: T Nevin [Artist]
DATE: 1870c
DESCRIPTION : Salmon Ponds at Plenty near New Norfolk
INSCRIPTIONS & MARKS: Impressed on front: T Nevin/ photo
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection Ref: Q1994.56.7



Ferns, ferns and more ferns
At least five stereographs of ferns by Thomas J. Nevin are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, dated to ca. 1870. Prints of these stereographs were produced by the hundreds; some were imprinted recto with his blindstamp "T. NEVIN PHOTO", others of the same image were left blank. T:



FERNS: T. Nevin impress "T. NEVIN PHOTO" on left side mount
TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.13



FERNS: TMAG Ref: Q16826.34



FERNS: TMAG Ref: Q16826.30.1.backed
Verso inscription: " Ferns Kangaroo Valley"



FERNS: TMAG Ref: Q16826.30.1



FERNS. One of many stereographs by Thomas J. Nevin showing ferns in summer and winter around the foothills and valleys of kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Stereograph on arched buff mount ca. 1868
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection TMAG Ref: Q16826-31-1



FERNS: TMAG Ref: Q16826.31.2



The blindstamp:
T. NEVIN
PHOTO
Charles Darwin on Tasmanian Ferns
In this extract from his journal, Charles Darwin expressed amazement at the Tasmanian ferns he encountered on his walk around Mount Wellington:

From Chapter XIX:
Extract from Charles Darwin's account of his visit to Hobart, February 1836 aboard the Beagle.
Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle. (London : H. Colburn, 1839.)
"The Beagle stayed here ten days, and in this time I made several pleasant little excursions, chiefly with the object of examining the geological structure of the immediate neighbourhood.

The main points of interest consist, first in some highly fossiliferous strata, belonging to the Devonian or Carboniferous period; secondly, in proofs of a late small rise of the land; and lastly, in a solitary and superficial patch of yellowish limestone or travertin, which contains numerous impressions of leaves of trees, together with land-shells, not now existing. It is not improbable that this one small quarry includes the only remaining record of the vegetation of Van Diemen's Land during one former epoch.

The climate here is damper than in New South Wales, and hence the land is more fertile. Agriculture flourishes; the cultivated fields look well, and the gardens abound with thriving vegetables and fruit-trees. Some of the farmhouses, situated in retired spots, had a very attractive appearance. The general aspect of the vegetation is similar to that of Australia; perhaps it is a little more green and cheerful; and the pasture between the trees rather more abundant.

One day I took a long walk on the side of the bay opposite to the town: I crossed in a steamboat, two of which are constantly plying backwards and forwards. The machinery of one of these vessels was entirely manufactured in this colony, which, from its very foundation, then numbered only three and thirty years! Another day I ascended Mount Wellington; I took with me a guide, for I failed in a first attempt, from the thickness of the wood. Our guide, however, was a stupid fellow, and conducted us to the southern and damp side of the mountain, where the vegetation was very luxuriant; and where the labour of the ascent, from the number of rotten trunks, was almost as great as on a mountain in Tierra del Fuego or in Chiloe. It cost us five and a half hours of hard climbing before we reached the summit. In many parts the Eucalypti grew to a great size, and composed a noble forest.

In some of the dampest ravines, tree- ferns flourished in an extraordinary manner; I saw one which must have been at least twenty feet high to the base of the fronds, and was in girth exactly six feet. The fronds forming the most elegant parasols, produced a gloomy shade, like that of the first hour of the night.

The summit of the mountain is broad and flat, and is composed of huge angular masses of naked greenstone. Its elevation is 3100 feet above the level of the sea. The day was splendidly clear, and we enjoyed a most extensive view; to the north, the country appeared a mass of wooded mountains, of about the same height with that on which we were standing, and with an equally tame outline: to the south the broken land and water, forming many intricate bays, was mapped with clearness before us. After staying some hours on the summit, we found a better way to descend, but did not reach the Beagle till eight o'clock, after a severe day's work. (Feb. 6, 1836: pp 486-7) "
[end of extract]

Darwin's astonishment at the magnificence of these ferns was repeated by Tasmanian photographers right through to the 1900s in endless variations. Ferns laden with snow was a particularly popular image. The State Library of Tasmania holds hundreds of photos taken by Clifford, Anson, Cawston, Abbott, Allport, Haigh, Winter, Baily and every other photographer between 1860-1880.

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Sunday, May 06, 2012

Samuel Clifford, Thomas Nevin and two cameras

CLIFFORD, Samuel and NEVIN, Thomas, on tour, Bothwell 1874.
PRIVATE COLLECTORS and ALBUMS 19th century Tasmanian photographers
ATTRIBUTION ISSUES

Samuel Clifford and Thomas Nevin cameras

The DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS LTD HOBART BOOK FAIR was held on February 12-13, 2011 with three items on sale pertaining to Thomas J. Nevin's commercial photography. Their  catalogue listing for the stereograph, On Brown's River mentions the blog article posted on this blog in the following comment:
[TASMANIA] On Brown’s River: Samuel Clifford’s camera
CLIFFORD, Samuel (1827-1890)
# 564
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, early 1860s. Each image 80 x 80 mm. Printed label verso: Views in Tasmania. Bush Scenery. S. Clifford, Photographer, Hobart Town. Inscribed in ink in period hand verso: On Brown’s River. Samuel Clifford’s camera can clearly be seen to the right of the waterfall.

As [this blog] has pointed out, this image should possibly have a double attribution, as Thomas Nevin is known to have accompanied Clifford on photographic excursions and perhaps it was Nevin who photographed Clifford's camera. However, this begs the question: if Nevin (or another photographer) photographed Clifford's camera, why did he not also photograph Clifford standing next to it?

In response, [this blog]'s thoughts on the DSFB's question:
The title "On Brown's River" verso foregrounds the locale, not people, so the bush itself was the intended subject of the image for the prospective viewer (if Clifford had written the title, that is, which he may not have done), and the camera - there were TWO - being the meta information for the viewer about the means of making the image. I note that you have decided the camera was Clifford's but where is the evidence? e.g. you say "Samuel Clifford’s camera can clearly be seen to the right of the waterfall." Where is that information written? I've gone along with this assumption (in the Nevin article) , but I'm clearly not convinced. I maintain that the representation of the photographer(s) in person or their representation by means of their possessions and skills (synecdoche) was not the primary motivation in capturing the scene, hence the absence of Clifford himself from the image, and the absence of any mention of the camera in the title on verso.

The photographer with a camera on kunanyi/Mt Wellington in this image is thought to be Samuel Clifford, published in Dan Sprod's book of Victorian and Edwardian Photographs of Hobart (1977); Sprod suggests the photographer pictured was Clifford, so who took the photograph? Again, it was probably Clifford's colleague Thomas J. Nevin.



THE BLOG POST
Below: this is the blog POST referenced by DSFB in the comment above regarding the stereograph, On Brown’s River: Samuel Clifford’s camera.

"DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS LTD HOBART BOOK FAIR was held on February 12 - 13, 2011 with three items on sale pertaining to Thomas J. Nevin's commercial photography.

STEREOGRAPH of CLIFFORD'S CAMERA
The first was this stereograph attributed to Samuel Clifford but ostensibly showing Clifford's camera. Who took the photograph? Did Clifford carry two cumbersome cameras with him into this dense bush setting at Brown's River, or was he accompanied - as so often he was around Tasmania - by Thomas Nevin? If so, the stereograph deserves the double attribution of Clifford & Nevin, an inscription which appears on the verso of several stereographs and portraits held in both private and public collections.

Samuel Clifford stereo of camera

Below: Catalogue detail of image

Samuel Clifford stereo of camera

CATALOGUE ENTRY
25. CLIFFORD, Samuel (1827-1890). On Brown’s River: Mr. Clifford’s camera.
Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, early 1860s. Each image 80 x 80 mm.
Printed label verso: Views in Tasmania. Bush Scenery. S. Clifford, Photographer, Hobart Town
Inscribed in ink in period hand verso: On Brown’s River.
Samuel Clifford’s camera can clearly be seen to the right of the waterfall.

Douglas Stewart FB Book Fair Hobart 2011

From the catalogue
DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS LTD
HOBART BOOK FAIR
February 12 - 13, 2011

POLICE NOTICE: CLIFFORD'S STOLEN CAMERA
Samuel Clifford's name appears only twice in the weekly police gazettes, called Tasmania Reports of Crimes Information for Police between the years 1866-1880, and in both instances because he was a victim of theft: some silver cutlery and a table cloth were stolen from his house and reported on 17th October 1873, and most heart breaking of all, his camera was stolen while staying at the Wilmot Arms at Green Ponds, in the district where these stereographs of the Salmon Ponds were taken. No doubt Samuel Clifford and Thomas Nevin made many trips to the Green Ponds area, and since Clifford reprinted so many of Nevin's commercial negatives from 1876, placing an accurate date and even a sole attribution to Clifford on the extant albums of views etc is far from straightforward.

Sam Clifford's stolen camera 1878

Notice in the police gazette of 15th November, 1878:
Samuel Clifford's camera stolen from the Wilmot Arms at Green Ponds

For example, this album bears Samuel Clifford's name, and it was no doubt compiled by Walch's printers and booksellers who sold it to the May family (name inscribed on inside cover) but several photographs in the album are prints from Nevin's original stereographs, eg. this one held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery with his impress on left of the buff mount:



TMAG Catalogue notes (online until 2006)
Ref: Q1994.56.21
ITEM NAME: Photograph:
MEDIUM: sepia stereoscope salt paper print ,
MAKER: T Nevin [Artist];
DATE: 1870s
DESCRIPTION : Scene near New Norfolk ?
INSCRIPTIONS & MARKS: Impressed on front: T Nevin/ photo

Tasmanian Scenes Clifford and Nevin

Tasmanian Scenes Clifford and Nevin photo KLW NFC 201

Album: Tasmanian Scenes, S. Clifford Photographer
Held at the Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office (TAHO)
Photos © KLW NFC 2012 ARR

Only months prior to the theft of his camera, Samuel Clifford had offered his stock etc for auction, per this notice in the Mercury, 4th March 1878:

Samuel Clifford auction March 1878

Samuel Clifford auction of his photographic stock in trade 
Mercury 4th March 1878

THE BOTHWELL EXCURSION 1874
The second item at the DSFB Hobart Book Fair, a stereograph attributed to Clifford of Bothwell school children may also have been taken by Nevin with Clifford in the final week of September 1874, when they were passing through Bothwell, 45 miles north of Hobart. They were enjoined to photograph the procession of Templars attending a large meeting. The Mercury, reported their arrival in the town in a long account of the meeting, published on 26 September, 1874:

Samuel Clifford and Thomas Nevin in Bothwell 1874

Samuel Clifford and Thomas Nevin in Bothwell
Mercury 26th Sept 1874

TRANSCRIPT
The members of the Order, according to their respective lodges then formed in procession outside the building, where a capital photograph was taken by Messrs Clifford and Nevin, photographers of Hobart Town, who were located in the township on a travelling tour. The township was then paraded, the band striking up some lively airs, but a smart shower coming down, the procession was speedily dispersed in every directions in quest of shelter.
Bothwell school children attrib. S. Clifford

FAMILY PORTRAITS ALBUMS
The third item for sale at the DSFB Hobart Book Fair (2011) was a pair of albums containing photographs by Thomas J. Nevin, apparently bearing his most common studio stamp verso which included the wording "Late A. Bock" to indicate his succession to Alfred Bock's business and studio at The City Photographic Establishment from 1867 until early 1876. According to notes and information supplied by DSFB, the albums contained the following:
"140 + family portrait photographs in carte-de-visite and cabinet card formats. Identified sitters include William Barnett of Clifton House, New Norfolk, Tasmania, 1864 / Anna Barnett, Clifton House, New Norfolk, 2nd daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Judd, Franklin, River Huon, 1864; Mr W.H. Thomas, Agnes Rivulet, Port Cygnet (early 1860s), and John Hay of Southport. Photographic studios represented include those of Frith, Nevin (late A. Bock), Spurling, J. Bishop Osborne, Winter, Wherrett, Riise & Barnett, Woolley and Anson Bros ...."

DSFB catalogue Tas family albums 2011

Both albums were sold to Huon Valley descendants. Did you buy these albums, or do you know who the lucky buyers were? Scans of the Nevin photographs would be appreciated enormously. Please contact us."

The purchasers (eg. Dianne Tam - diannetam67 at ancestry.com) made contact but were annoyingly vague as to where they had uploaded their scans of the collection, including the photograph by T. J. Nevin (more on this later).



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Prisoner George WILLIS and Tasmanian police records 1872-1880

George Willis, aged 48 yrs, and originally transported in 1838, was convicted in the Supreme Court at Hobart on 10th September 1872, sentenced to six years for larceny, sent to the Port Arthur prison, and then relocated to the Hobart Gaol in October 1873 where he was photographed by T.J. Nevin on incarceration. George Willis aka Metcalfe was among the 109 prisoners returned to Hobart from the Port Arthur prison at the request of the Parliament, all of whom were photographed by Thomas J. Nevin from October 1873 through to 1874, and subsequently at the Municipal Police Office, Hobart Town Hall, on the numerous occasions of these recalcitrant prisoners' further arrests, convictions, and discharges.



National Library of Australia Collection (incorrect information)
NLA Identifier: nla.pic-vn5020355
George Willis, transported to VDL (Tasmania) on the Neptune 2
Photographed by T. J. Nevin for the Municipal Police Office and Hobart Gaol 1873-4.
Photos taken at the National Library of Australia, 7th Feb 2015
Photos copyright © KLW NFC 2015 ARR



Verso: National Library of Australia Collection (incorrect information)
NLA Identifier: nla.pic-vn5020355
George Willis, transported to VDL (Tasmania) on the Neptune 2
Photographed by T. J. Nevin for the Municipal Police Office and Hobart Gaol 1873-4.
Photos taken at the National Library of Australia, 7th Feb 2015
Photos copyright © KLW NFC 2015 ARR

In 1873, 156 prisoners were removed from the Port Arthur prison to the central city Hobart Gaol, a process begun in 1868, and completed in 1878, the year of the official closure of Port Arthur
Source: PP 48/1878 Archives Office of Tasmania.


Port Arthur and Hobart Gaol prisoners stats 1873

Police Records 1872-1880
George Willis's major repeat offence was larceny, with shorter sentences for absconding, being on premises unlawfully, and being idle and disorderly.

George Willis police records 1872-1880

George Willis police records 1872-1880

George Willis was convicted at the Supreme Court Hobart on 3 August 1872

George Willis police records 1872-1880

George Willis police records 1872-1880

George Willis was discharged on 8 April 1877

George Willis police records 1872-1880

George Willis was convicted on 5 May 1877

George Willis police records 1872-1880

George Willis was arrested on 18 December 1878
Source: Tasmanian Police Gazettes, published by the Government Printer as Tasmania Reports of Crime 1872-1880.

Prisoner mugshot of George Willis by T.J. Nevin 1873

Courtesy National Library of Australia
NLA Identifier: nla.pic-vn5020355 (incorrect infomation)
George Willis, transported to VDL (Tasmania) on the Neptune 2
Photographed by T. J. Nevin for the Municipal Police Office and Hobart Gaol 1873-4.



On board the "City of Hobart" 31st January 1872