Daily Archives: June 10, 2007

Clifford & Nevin’s cartes:tints versus daubs

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The bright touch of colour highlighting the girl’s posy or sprig of holly on a sepia toned carte is a common attribute of Thomas Nevin’s early portraits of private citizens. Another two portraits with the same red and green sprig … Continue reading

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Thomas Nevin’s studio decor and tints ca. 1871

This full length portrait in carte-de-visite format is of an unidentified woman. As the same carpet appears in the Nevin-Day wedding photograph dated July 1871, this photo can be dated ca. 1869-72. The verso bears Thomas Nevin’s everyday business stamp … Continue reading

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