{"product_id":"thomas-bock-14-high-resolution-images","title":"Thomas Bock 14 High Resolution Images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Bock worked as an engraver, portrait painter and photographer in nineteenth-century Australia. His work includes portraits of people in colonial Tasmania and records of the society in which he lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 14 hi-res images in JPEG format by the artist Thomas Bock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe images are all 600dpi and range in size from 3896 pixels wide\/tall to 4968 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Bock (1790-1855)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English-Australian artist and an early adopter of photography in Australia. Born in England he was sentenced to transportation in 1823. After gaining his freedom, he set himself up as one of Australia's first professional artists and became well known for his portraits of colonists. As early as 1843 he began taking daguerreotypes in Hobart and became one of the earliest commercial photographers in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBock was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. In his early years he was a chorister at Lichfield Cathedral. Later Bock worked as an engraver alongside William Wyon, who later became an engraver for the British Mint. After finishing his apprenticeship, he moved to London and established himself as an engraver and miniature painter. In 1817 Bock was awarded the silver medal of the Society of Arts and Commerce for an engraving of a portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead our full \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/bock-thomas\" title=\"Thomas Bock biography\"\u003eThomas Bock biography\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 14 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918207029578,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Thomas_Bock_14_High_Resolution_Images.jpg?v=1748141095","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/products\/thomas-bock-14-high-resolution-images","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}