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This stereograph is listed at the State Library of Tasmania as unattributed – “Creator: Unknown” with the title “House in Newtown”. It is dated to 1870, when Thomas J. Nevin was active in stereography, and fits the description of another Nevin stereograph in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery database. Continue reading
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What was behind Thomas Nevin’s escapade on the evening of December 2nd, 1880? According to Joan Kerr’s definitive entry (1992:568), Thomas Nevin was appointed to the position of keeper of the Hobart Town Hall in January 1876, and “despite a … Continue reading
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This studio portrait taken by Thomas J. Nevin of his wife about the time of their marriage is one of six extant portraits Nevin took of his wife between 1865 and 1900 in descendants’ collections. Continue reading
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NEVIN-DAY – On Wednesday, 12th July, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Kangaroo Valley, by the Rev. J. Hutchison [sic], Thomas, eldest son of Mr. J. Nevin, of Kangaroo Valley, to Elizabeth Rachael [sic], eldest daughter of Captain Day, of Hobart Town. Continue reading
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Courtesy State Library Tasmania View of Macquarie St Hobart and Mercury Offices from Town Hall ca. 1878 Ref:AUTAS00112618699 Photographer Thomas Nevin was well known to the readers of the Hobart newspaper, The Mercury, apart from the usual trade advertisements for … Continue reading
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In this full-length portrait and the one below, she wears the same top coat. The studio decor of the full-length portrait above, however, is very different from the later portraits taken by Thomas Nevin at the City Photographic Establishment. The carpet and table and drape are not the same, suggesting either another studio in another venue or furnishings belonging to Alfred Bock who was the previous proprietor of the City Photographic Establishment, and whose stock was sold at auction … Continue reading
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This stereograph is one of about fifty by Nevin held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. It bears the relatively rare New Town studio of Thomas Nevin, “Thos. Nevin New Town” . He used the abbreviation “Thos. Nevin” on … Continue reading
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