Glass Plates with Views on Tamar River, Tasmania

These two glass plates come from Launceston, Tasmania. According to the seller:

Photos [were] taken around 1890 by Frederick Law, Launceston, Tasmania. “View on Tamar” is scratched into emulsion on both negatives. Frederick Law was owner of an orchard in Hillwood, hence I suspect this is where they were taken.

Frederick Law together with his brother Charles were two of three partners in Law Duncan & Co, a company that played a considerable role in the economy of northern Tasmania. Frederick Law also had interests in orcharding in the Hillwood area. Mr. Law died on Sunday, September 17, 1944 in Launceston.

The two negatives are heavily scratched and required a lot of digital restoration.

The second shot appears to be taken from Windermere near St. Matthias's Aglican Church. The two-storey building across the river must be Rosevears hotel as it appears on this old photograph. The hotel was built in 1854 and is still in operation.