ALBERT E. NEVIN and EMILY M. DAVIS
HORSE RACING TASMANIA
Albert E. Nevin (1888-1955) was the seventh child, fifth son and last born child to photographer Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923) and his wife Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914).
Youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin, Albert E. Nevin, Hobart, 1914
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On the verso of the photo of Albert Nevin with horse is written:
"To Miss E. Davis, From Mr. A. Nevin, 1914"
Albert Nevin was born at 236 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. He married Emily Maud Davis (1891-1971) on the 5th March, 1917, at Launceston, Tasmania. He died in 1955, aged 67 yrs. Emily was three years younger but died sixteen years later, in 1971, aged 80 yrs.
Emily Maud Davis (standing) with her mother Frances Davis nee Stewart, ca. 1909
Photographed at Burrows & Co, the Quadrant. Launceston, blind stamp on recto.
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Painted portrait of Albert Nevin with pacer ca. 1917
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Above: the painted image, richly coloured (scanned here), of Albert Nevin with his horse, a pacer, probably dates to ca. 1917. It was either painted over a copy of the 1914 photograph, or the artist closely modelled the painting from it. The painting sat above a fireplace for many years, and still exists in its original frame.
Albert most likely chose the black and white photograph as the best representation of himself he could give his fiancée Emily Maud Davis in 1914, and having succeeded in winning her hand, presented the painted version to Emily on their wedding day, March 5th 1917 in Launceston.
By August 13, 1917, they were back in Hobart and Albert was racing again, at Moonah in the Derwent Handicap.
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