Van Diemen's Land Anniversary and Hobart-Town Almanack 1831 Embellished
The van Diemen's land Anniversary and Hobart-Town Almanack for the year 1831. With embellishments. [Hobart town : James Ross, 1831]; xxxii 296pp, (small tear/loss to p.245/6); rebound; with folding frontispiece map, engraved title page featuring cockatoos,
1830 Hobart Town Almanack with Thomas Bock etched plates
The Hobart town Almanack for the year Mdcccxxx, [1830], with embellishments, [Hobart town : James Ross, 1830]; 272pp, with 9 plates etched by Thomas Bock including 7 showing views in van Diemen's :and 2 showing telegraph signals and maritime flags (hand co
Dowling's Miniature Portrait Brooch, 1850s
Robert Hawker Dowling (1827 - 1886), superb miniature portrait in oil on ivory, backed with a tintype portrait of Dowling and all contained within a brooch, circa 1850s., 2.76 in. x 2.36 in. overall., Dowling was born in England, the youngest son of Rev.…
Marble Relief Bust of Lady Jane Franklin
Thomas Bock (attributed, 1790 - 1855), Lady Jane Franklin, carved marble relief bust, plaque 12.99 in. x 9.84 in. Provenance: Private collection Queensland. Originally the property of Charles Sherborn the engraver and thence by family decent. Purchased by…
Bock's Portraits in Huon Pine Frames by Robin Hood
Pair of Thomas Bock crayon and pencil portraits in moulded birds eye huon pine frames made by Colonial picture framer Robin Hood, one signed T. Bock 1855 (painting size 13.58 in. x 11.42 in.). Provenance: Vendors family for 50 years
Colonial Portrait of Sophia Howell
Artist Unknown, circa 1835, A Colonial portrait believed to be Sophia Howell, nee Wilkinson, the panel board bearing the paper label verso for R. Davy, 83, Newman Street, London, oil on panel, 26, x 8.46 in. Note: Sophia Hovell, nee Wilkinson, was the seco