Thomas Bock - Sketches of Tasmanian Bushrangers, ca. 1823 - 1843
Thomas Bock - Sketches of Tasmanian Bushrangers, ca. 1823 - 1843
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Date
ca. 1823 - 1843
Call Numbers
DL PX 5
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Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 1 lithograph?; 5 printed cards ; 31.5 x 25.5 x 0.5 cm. - 26 pencil drawings
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Scope and Contents
Contents
The album is bound in black leather tooled in blind and gold. There are 26 ff. in the volume. One sketch (f.14) has an unfinished sketch of three men sitting at a table on the reverse. Some of the titles appear to overwrite earlier titles, and one (f.10) replaces the same title that has been erased and is still visble. Titles for f.9 and f.18 are i...
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Full title
Thomas Bock - Sketches of Tasmanian Bushrangers, ca. 1823 - 1843
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 824222
Contextual Information
Source
Sir William Dixson bequest, 1952
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Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Bock, portrait painter, engraver and photographer was born in England in 1790. He arrived in Hobart in 1824 as a convict having been sentenced to 14 years transportation for 'administering drugs to procure an abortion'. He built up a reputation as a portrait painter and engraver and in 1832 was granted a free pardon. He is well known for a...
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Call Numbers
DL PX 5
Record Identifier
9arp7x6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9arp7x6n
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Reference code
446134
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