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

Text printed from matrix

printed lower left within image, 'NIHIL / ASSUMPSIT'.

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

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.

Subject categories

Architecture | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

215558

Creators

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

Last Updated

18 May 2026