IDNO

LS.109227.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Tasmania.
Man, "Jemmy", native of Hampshire Hill - 3/4 length half-side and head only, side view. (2 slides)." [manuscript in ink]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate print P.673.ACH1: "No. 9. Jemmy, native of Hampshire Hills."

Photograph of a three-quarter length drawing of Prupilathina (also known as Probelatter, Jemmy or Problatena), a Tasmanian Aboriginal man from Hampshire Hills. The man has a fine moustache and is wearing several necklaces, and a fur lined cloak is fastened over his right shoulder. He is holding a spear in his right hand. [JD 05/11/2021]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Tasmania; Hampshire Hills

Cultural Affliation

Tasmanian Aboriginal

Named Person

Prupilathina (also known as Probelatter, Jemmy or Problatena)

Photographer

Bock, Thomas [Original Artist]

Collector / Expedition

Franklin (Lady) [Commissioner]

Date

circa 1839

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Biographical Information: Thomas Bock was born at Sutton Coldfield, England in 1790, and was trained as an engraver and miniature painter. Bock arrived in Hobart in 1823 and worked at No. 1 Liverpool Street as an engraver and portrait painter, where he completed portraits of many well known local characters. In c. 1839 Bock completed a series of water-colour paintings of Tasmanian Aboriginals for Lady Franklin. Thomas Bock died in 1857. [Source: Cato, Jack, 1977 2nd edition. The Story of the Camera in Australia (Insttute of Australian Photography, Hong Kong, p. 101. JD 5/1/2009]

Biographical Information: Thomas Bock was an artist by training although he announced his intention in 1843 to take daguerreotypes in Hobart. This was delayed until 1848 after George Goodman, the only photographic studio in Hobart at the time, threatened Bock with legal action. [Source: Chris Long, Tasmania - The First Photographs, Greenhouse, Melbourne, 1984. Cited in Davies, Alan, and Peter Stanbury, 1985. The Mechanical Eye in Australia (Oxford University Press, Melbourne), p.127, JD 5/1/2009]

Biographical Information: Thomas Bock operated a photographic studio at 22 Campbell Street, Hobart, between c. 1848 - 1855. Thomas Bock was the father of Alfred K. Bock who also operated a photographic studio in Hobart between 1855 - 1867 before moving to Victoria and opening a studio between 1867 - 1873. [Source: Davies, Alan, and Peter Stanbury, 1985. The Mechanical Eye in Australia (Oxford University Press, Melbourne), p.127, JD 5/1/2009]