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Thomas Nevin’s stereo of sister Mary Ann at New Town rivulet

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Mary Ann Nevin (1844-1878), sister of Thomas J. Nevin, dipping a glass at New Town rivulet, Kangaroo Valley Hobart Tasmania, ca. 1870
Salt paper stereograph taken by Thomas J. Nevin ca. 1870.Photo  © KLW NFC Imprint & The Nevin Family Collections 2012 Continue reading

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Ferns, convicts, and Charles Darwin

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NEVIN’s FERN STEREOGRAPHS Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collections TMAG Ref: Q1994.56.13 T. Nevin impress At least five stereographs of ferns by Thomas Nevin are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, dated to ca. 1870. Their catalogue entries … Continue reading

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Thomas Nevin’s stereography

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This carte-de-visite is a jewel in the crown of early stereography in Australia. It is the only surviving image of an 1860s photographer at work with a stereoscopic viewer. Thomas J. Nevin, late 1860s, pictured seated here holding a stereoscopic … Continue reading

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Stereographs slideshow

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A selection of salt paper stereographs from the late 1860s and early 1870s by Thomas J. Nevin  are included here and can also be viewed in Picasa Albums. Several are from the series Q1994.56 from The Tasmanian Museum and Art … Continue reading

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Melville Street from the Hobart Gaol 140 years ago

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Thomas and Jack Nevin at H.M. Gaol 1860s Archives Office of Tasmania Reference: PH30/1/3661 Title: Campbell Street Subject:backyards, churches, courthouses, houses, jails, landscapes, roads & streets, streetscapes Locality:Campbell Street, Campbell Street, Hobart Date:1870 Caption: View of Campbell Street, at the … Continue reading

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Stereographs by Clifford & Nevin at ‘Narryna’

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This is an interactive display at the Narryna Heritage Museum. The stereos are truly 3D. The visitor gains an immediate understanding of the Victorian fascination with this “advanced” photography. Three images can be seen, not just one: the central image appears in deep perspective, with the image split into halves on either side. Continue reading

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Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery databases

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This Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery notice about their photographic collections appeared in November 2006. It is now September 2010, and the promised website with viewable databases of their vast photographic holdings is still not up and running. The TMAG holds a sizable collection of rare works by Thomas J. Nevin. Continue reading

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Nevin & Clifford identical views

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Below is an example of the same photograph printed twice, once as a single image, the other as a stereograph.The black and white copy is dated 1869 and held at the Archives Office of Tasmania with attribution to Samuel Clifford. The stereograph (double image) is held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and carries the impress of T. Nevin on mount. Continue reading

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Thomas Nevin’s salt paper stereos at the TMAG

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The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery holds several stereographs on salt paper by Thomas J. Nevin taken in the late 1860s – ca 1870. These six were online in 2006: Series Q1994.56 from The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection … Continue reading

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At the Salmon Ponds and Plenty

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This stereograph by Thomas Nevin, titled Salmon Ponds, at Plenty near New Norfolk, ca. 1870, which is held by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is very similar to one by Samuel Clifford. Several views of the upper reaches of the Derwent were taken by Nevin, and copied by Clifford. Continue reading

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State Library of Tasmania’s ”Unknown”

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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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