Tasmanian photographer | Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)

‘Melville St West Hobart under snow’
TMAG Collection, Ref: Q9134

This photograph was taken by Thomas Nevin from the balcony of the Superintendent’s House at the Hobart Gaol:

Above: entry from Melville St ca. 1961
AOT Ref:Ref: PCH_00005
Below: entry from Campbell St ca. 1900
Archives Office of Tasmania
PH30/1/3691
Title: The Superintendent’s House

Thomas J. Nevin exhibited the photograph at the Wellington Park Exhibition, Hobart, in July 1868. It appeared in the publication Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1940: A Directory (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 1995:82).

TMAG Catalogue:
Ref. No: Q9134
ITEM NAME: Photograph print :
MEDIUM: Albumen silver carte de visite,
MAKER: T Nevin late A Bock [Artist];
TITLE: ‘Melville West Hobart under snow ‘
DATE:1868, July
DETAILS: Wellington Park exhibition