Thomas Bock : convict engraver, society portraitist.

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Title

Thomas Bock : convict engraver, society portraitist.

Venues

Queen Victoria Museum And Art Gallery (28 February 1991 – 14 April 1991)

Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery (23 April 1991 – 10 June 1991)

Australian National Gallery (27 June 1991 – 1 September 1991)

Date

(1991)

Summary

Single-artist travelling exhibition. Located: Australia. Included prints.

Documentation

Diane Dunbar et al. 106p. ill.(some col.) ISBN 0 642 158797

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

This major retrospective of the colonial Tasmanian artist Thomas Bock was organised by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. The exhibition covered all aspects of the artist's life including engravings (produced in Birmingham, England and Tasmania), portrait paintings and drawings.