Primary Artist

Thomas Bock (1790–1855)

Title

[Macquarie Street, Hobart Town, and stork [unfinished proof of title-page]

Date made

1829 (published)

Place made

Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

image 1: 8.0 x 6.2 cm, image 2: 3.2 x 4.5 cm. 12.2 x 19.8 cm plate-mark

Support

paper

Support size

13.2 x 20.7 cm (sheet)

State

unpublished state

Impression

working proof

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

'Macquarie Street, Hobart Town' was produced for 'Hobart Town Almanack for the year 1829', printed by James Ross. See Clifford Craig. 'More old Tasmanian prints'. Launceston: Foot & Playsted, 1984, p.137.

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed on frame backing-board upper left to centre in black pencil, 'ARTISTS PROOF / DRAWN BY GEORGE FRANKLAND / ENGRAVED BY THOMAS BOCK. / 1827'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

215558

Accession number

2012.45

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2011/2012 (2012-02-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from a private collector, Tasmania, 2012.

Credit line

Purchased 2012

Subject categories

Architecture | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Bock, Thomas. | (1790–1855) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

18 May 2026