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BOCK, THOMAS (1790/93–1855) AND
ALFRED (1835–1920)
Australian photographers and studio owners
Thomas Bock, born 1790/1793 in Birmingham was
trained as an engraver and miniature painter. He was
transported as a convict to Van Diemen’s Land in 1823.
After being pardoned, he again pursued painting and
engraving as well as lithography, teaching his stepson
Alfred and son William the arts. While continuing to
paint mostly portraits in 1847 Thomas opened Hobart’s
fi rst established daguerreotype studio at 22 Campbell St.
that he operated until his death on 18 March 1855. Alfred
who had taken the only know photograph of his father in
1847 assumed control of the studio, helping to support
his family. He moved the business not long afterward
to 78 Liverpool St., taking over the premises vacated
by Duryea and McDonald, then moved to 18 Macquarie
St. in 1857, but he became insolvent the following year.
Later during 1858 he reopened a studio at 140 Elizabeth
St., called The City Photographic Establishment. Alfred
offered ambrotypes, and later carte-de-visite and also
sennotypes. He continued trading until 1865, before
again declaring insolvency. In 1867 Alfred Bock moved
to Gippsland, Victoria on account of his wife’s health,
opening a studio in Sale. In 1882 he moved to New
Zealand and ran a studio in Auckland for six years, but
he returned to Victoria in 1888, working there until 1899
when he went back to Tasmania where he worked until- Alfred died in Wynyard in 1920. William Bock
became a revered engraver working mostly in New
Zealand where he was amongst other things heavily
involved in postage stamp production.
Marcel Safier
Holdings
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Hobart; W.L.
Crowther Library, Hobart; State Library of Victoria,
Melbourne; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
House, 1955.BOGARDUS, ABRAHAM (1822–1908)
American photographer and gallery owner
Born 1822 in upstate New York, Bogardus learned
daguerreotyping in the George Prosch Gallery in New
York, in the mid-1840s. He opened his own gallery 1846
in lower Broadway, and later operated galleries in both
New York and New Jersey.
Bogardus worked aggressively against patents limit-
ing daguerreotype photography, & the 25 cent “cheap
workers.” He photographed in all of the various medi-
ums over the years, including carte, wet plate, etc. He
was the fi rst President of the National Photographic
Association, in 1869, and was re-elected seven times.
When he left photography in 1884, after four decades,
a journal of the day said of Bogardus: “Everyone knows
him well as one of the heartiest, jolliest, best-natured,
whole-souled men in the trade. His success was great &
he did an immense business....employing thirty assis-
tants. During his experience he has taken the portraits of
four Presidents and nearly all of the houses of Congress.
He is a fi ne looking and large gentleman, with full grey
beard; his after dinner speeches are much applauded.”
After retirement he painted off-and-on and died in
Brooklyn in 1908. Primary institutional holdings include
The George Eastman House, and The National Museum
of American History.
Larry WestBOLAS, THOMAS (1848–1932)
Born in London in 1848, Bolas trained in chemistry
at Charing Cross Hospital working under Professor
Charles Heaton and with Dr. John Stenhouse. From
1872 he undertook private chemical work, lectured
extensively, published his own research and worked