Dunedin photographer, 1867-1885. Originally a grocer, but taught photography by William Meluish. Died 29 May 1886, York Place, Lygon Street, Melbourne, aged 65 years.
Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Christie album 1
Date: [1870s]
From: Christie, Hettie Florence (Miss), fl 1973 : Photograph albums
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-q-053
Description: Album of pressed ferns, and photographs of Dunedin buildings, taken in the 1870s by J W Allen. Includes one postcard "Maori land. The Maori portraits are originals taken from life" taken by the Burton Brothers. Other Titles - New Zealand ferns Inscriptions: Album page - G.S. Christie, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, 3rd June 1968 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album in dark green cover entitled "New Zealand ferns", 37 x 29 cm
Allen, James Weaver, b 1822 :Photographs of Dunedin and Port Chalmers
Date: ca1868-ca1875
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Reeder, Warwick, active 2002
Reference: PAColl-7476
Description: Photographs of Dunedin and Port Chalmers taken, probably in the late 1860s/early 1870s by James Weaver Allen. Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s).
Seed family :Photographs
Date: 1850s-1930s
By: Seed family; Canadian Photo Company; Greenway, S H, active 1890; Gilchrist, William, active 1890; Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Connolly & Herrmann (Firm); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Wright, W Edward, active 1890; Colborne, Arthur Francis, active 1889-1903; Sawyer, W A, active 1890; Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Berry, William, active 1877-1926
Reference: PAColl-3307
Description: Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, James Weaver, b 1822 :Photograph of Wellington wharf
Date: [ca 1870s]
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PAColl-8546
Description: Photograph of Wellington wharf, taken ca 1870s by James Weaver Allen. A man is standing in the foreground and the town of Wellington can be seen in the background. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [In pencil] Wellington Wharf; Verso - centre - J. W. Allen Photographer. Princes St Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 5.9 x 9.8 cm, mounted on card 6.3 x 10.3 cm
Cartes de visite by Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill photographers
Date: [1860-1900]
From: Packer, Robbie: Cartes de visite
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; American Photographic Company (Dunedin, N.Z.); Bashford, James, active 1870-1873; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Caledonian Portrait Gallery; Cambridge and Cooper (Firm); H Chatteris Art Photographic Studio; Cherrill, Nelson King, 1845-1916; Christchurch Fancy Bazaar; Clifford, Robert, active 1865-1885; Clifford & Morris (Firm); Coxhead Brothers (Firm); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Coxhead, Harry, 1846-1885; Coxhead & Le Sueur (Firm); De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; De Maus, James, 1836-1871; Dutch & Bull (Firm); E Dossetter and Company; Dougall, William, 1845-1924; Easter & Wallis (Firm); Edinburgh Photo Company; Exchange Court Studio; Frederic, Robert Charles Edward, 1863-1945; Frost, William Row, 1845?-1911; Gaul, John, -1876; George & Walton (Firm); George Eden & Company; Gill, H J, active 1912; Girvan and Gill (Firm); Grand & Dunlop (Firm); Hagen, Carl, active 1878-1895; Hart, Campbell & Company; Jones, Francis Lawrence, -1898; Lawrence, Samuel Charles Louis, active 1833-1891; Leves, Nathaniel, active 1884-1885; London Portrait Rooms (Dunedin, N.Z.); McGregor, John, -1894; Manning, Charles Henry, 1848-1895; Martin & Lawson (Firm); Martin, Charles, 1842?-1905; May and Company (Firm); Meers, Robert Walter, active 1880s; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; National Portrait Gallery (Dunedin, N.Z.); New Zealand Photographic Company (Dunedin, N.Z.); Nicholas & Dougall (Firm); Nicholas Brothers (Firm); Nicholas, Richard John, active 1868-1881; Nicholas, James Martyn, 1833-1916; Rutherford & Company; Sherlock, William, 1846-1910; Schourup, Peter, 1837-1887; Spiller, John, 1850-1928; Standish & Preece (Firm); Tyree, William, 1855-1924; Vandyck Studio (Dunedin, N.Z.); Victorian Portrait Rooms; Walker, Charles F, active 1872-1876; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-q-1288
Description: Ring binder album containing cartes de visite studio portraits of women, men, children and groups, organised by location and photographer, circa 1860 to 1900. Almost all of the portraits are unidentified except for one of Walter Reynolds, taken by City Photo Company, Christchurch. Photographers are named, sometimes with a location and date. Christchurch photographers are May & Co, Martin & Lawson, Dutch & Bull, J Spiller, C H Manning, N Cherrill, H Chatteris, R Meers, W Sherlock, Parker & Harrison (?Crystal Palace), Grand & Dunlop, E Wheeler & Son, J Gaul, P Schourup, C Martin, Price & co, J Bashford, George & Walton, Eden George, C Lawrence, Standish & Preece, C F Walker, E Dossetter, Dossetter & Co, Cambridge & Cooper, City Photo Company, C F Walker, Christchurch Fancy Bazaar, Easter & Wallis, D L Mundy, and A V Gadd. Dunedin photographers are D Mundy & co, Girvan & Gill, Morris, Robert clifford, Clifford & co, Clifford & Morris, National Portrait Gallery, H J Gill, London Portrait Rooms, Burton Brothers, Carl Hagen (Mosgiel), J W Allen, New Zealand Photographic Co, Coxhead & LeSueur, Frank Coxhead, Coxhead Brothers, H Coxhead, F L Jones, Rutherford & Co, W R Frost, American Photo co, J G Wills, Eden George & Co, Hart Campbell & Co, Ries & Hart, Ries & Co, D A De Maus, James De Maus, Loves, Exchange Court Studio, Amphotoum Photographic Company[?], Victorian Portrait rooms, William Tyree, Edinburgh Photo Company, J McGregor, Caledonian Portrait Gallery,Vandyck Studio. Invercargill photographers are Dougall's Studio, R J Nicholas, J M Nicholas & Co, Nicholas Brothers, Frank Coxhead, Fredric's Portrait Rooms, Nicholas & Dougall, Hart Campbell & Co, and Ross Photographer. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) consisting of 220 photographs. Physical Description: White ring bolder of clear plastic enclosures containing carte de visite Processing information: Photographs and captions kept in original order
Field album 21
Date: [1860s-1880s?]
From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs
By: Burton, Walter John, 1836-1880; Clifford & Morris (Firm); Denslow, John W, active 1863-1865; London Portrait Rooms (Dunedin, N.Z.); Davies, William, active 1859-1882; Petit, Pierre, 1832-1909; Disderi, Andre Adolphe-Eugene, 1819-1889; Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Cundall, Downes & Company
Reference: PA1-q-090
Description: Album of cartes-de-visite of people associated with the Field and Hodgkins families, many identified. Photographers include Walter J Burton, Clifford & Morris, Denslow, London Portrait Rooms, Davies & Co (Melbourne), Pierre Petit (Paris), Disderi (Paris), Cundall & Downes (London), W H Clarke and J W Allen. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with heavily embossed dark brown cover, 29.5 x 22.5 cm
Fildes album
Date: [Between 1869 and 1920]
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Clifford & Morris (Firm); London Portrait Rooms (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Wrigglesworth, James Dacie, 1836-1906
Reference: PA1-o-171
Description: Cartes de visite, chiefly of the Fildes and Taine families. Many are identified only by their Christian names. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album is a portrait of Percy Fildes, and two views of a large placard on the Bank of New Zealand building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Streets, Wellington, taken on 15 March 1918. The placard reads `Help our boys' and has a target of 25,000 pounds to be raised. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Red cover, heavily embossed with gold and black decoration, metal clasp; 16 x 23 cm
Allen, J W : Dunedin 1874
Date: 1874
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0010
Description: PA2-0004, PA2-0005, PA2-0006, PA2-0016, PA2-0007, PA2-0008 and PA2-0010 form a panorama Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W : Rowera fl 1870s
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0017
Description: Copy of PA2-0004 Inscriptions: Verso - "Taupo Chief's Wife" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W : Dunedin 1874
Date: 1874
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0007
Description: PA2-0004, PA2-0005, PA2-0006 & PA2-0016, PA2-0007, PA2-0008 and PA2-0010 form a panorama Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W fl 1867-1885 : Wiremu Tako Ngatata 1815-1887
Date: 1885 - 1887
From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0024
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W : Unidentified building Dunedin 1874
Date: 1874
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0016
Description: PA2-0004, PA2-0005, PA2-0006 & PA2-0016, PA2-0007, PA2-0008 and PA2-0010 form a panorama Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W fl 1867-1885 : Portrait of Dean Jacobs
Date: 1824 - 1901
From: Williams, Nigel (Canon), 1901-1980 : Photographs of Maori chiefs and others
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0015
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W : St Paul's Church
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0018
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, James Weaver, b 1822 :Dunedin Lunatic Asylum
Date: 1874
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0005
Description: Dunedin Lunatic Asylum, photographed by J W Allen in 1874. PA2-0004, PA2-0005, PA2-0006 & PA2-0016, PA2-0007, PA2-0008 and PA2-0010 form a panorama Inscriptions: Mount verso - top left - J A McA from RPMG [?]; Mount verso - top centre - No 1; Mount verso - centre left - Recd 3/4/74 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 6 x 10.1 cm on mount 6.3 x 10.3 cm
Allen, J W fl 1867-1885 :[Unidentified woman]
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0026
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886: Portrait of unidentified man
From: Haast family: Collection
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0021
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W fl 1867-1885 : European portrait group
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0020
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W : Andrew Burn Suter, Bishop of Dunedin
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0019
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Allen, J W fl 1867-1885 : [Unidentified man]
From: Pringle, William Pilliet, 1897-1984 :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886
Reference: PA2-0022
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).