Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Thomas Nevin and H.H. Baily at the Regatta 1872

The photograph below was taken by H. H. Baily on Regatta Day, Hobart, Tasmania, and advertised on 2 February 1872 in the local press. The Mercury published a notice informing the public of its availability, describing the scene in great detail.

Baily, Regatta Day, February 1872.

Photo by H. H. Baily, Regatta Day 1872.
State Library of Tasmania
Ref: AUTAS001126252188 (n.a. online)

Praise in the Press, 2nd February 1872
The Hobart Mercury informed readers that Henry Hall Baily had forwarded a copy of this photograph to the newspaper offices in the first of two notices. The second notice informed readers that Thomas J. Nevin's photographs taken of an organised tour called "The Colonists' Trip" down the Derwent were also available, and were "very well taken."

Baily and Nevin, Regatta Day 2 Feb 1872

H.H. Baily and Thomas Nevin at the Regatta, Mercury 2 February 1872

TRANSCRIPT
PHOTO OF THE CHAMPION GIG RACE.- Mr H. H. Baily, photographer, has succeeded in obtaining an admirable picture of the start for the Champion Gig Race, of which he has forwarded us a copy. In the background are the hills beyond the Derwent. On the bosom of the river lies Clio, with every rope and her innumerable flags clearly brought out. Beside Her Majesty's ship is the Government schooner Harriet, between which and the shore are the competing gigs, with their crews well brought out. The other various craft cruising about have been well caught, and prominent by the cattle jetty is the Monarch, every inch of which is crowded with the figures on those aboard. The picture will make an acceptable souvenir of the Regatta. Why has not a photograph of the Domain, with its thousands of spectators, taken from on board some of the steamers when stationary?

THE TRIP DOWN THE RIVER.- A photograph of the "Colonists' Trip" has been very well taken by Mr. Nevin, which will be of special interest to those who took part, and will probably like to secure this remembrance of so memorable event.



Thomas Nevin's advertisement, Mercury, 2 February 1872

TRANSCRIPT
VISITORS’ PHOTOGRAPHS
MR. THOMAS NEVIN
140, ELIZABETH-STREET,
HAS NOW ON HAND GROUPS
OF THE
COLONISTS’ TRIP
TO ADVENTURE BAY.
Feb. 2nd, 1872.
Several of these group photographs taken by Thomas J. Nevin of the "Colonists' Trip" are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Others printed in various formats of the same VIP group on the trip are held in a private collection, for example:



Stereograph of the VIPS by Nevin on board the City of Hobart 31st January 1872
Stereograph with T. Nevin Photo blindstamp impress recto on right hand side
Verso with T. J. Nevin's government contractor's stamp with Royal Arms insignia.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Collection Ref: Q1994.56.2



From an album compiled by the families of John Woodcock Graves jnr and R. Byron Miller
Private Collection © KLW NFC Imprint 2015
Photo by T. J. Nevin of VIP group, Adventure Bay, part of the "Colonists' Trip" series
Verso inscriptions include these identifiable figures at the "Picnic":
Father = John Woodcock Graves jnr,
Sir John O'Shanassy = former Premier of Victoria,
Self = Jean Porthouse Graves, daughter of John W. Graves,
L. Boyes = Lukin Boyes (?), son of G.T. W. Boyes

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On board the "City of Hobart" 31st January 1872