Lot 3176

Description

Copper printing plate, c1870s, uniface (approx 21.7x9.1cm), all details in reverse, features royal coat-of-arms at side and below, 'By Appointment/To His Royal Highness/The Duke of Edinburgh/And His Excellency The Governor', at the top, '8, Elizabeth Street/Hobart Town 18 ', below this is, 'Equipment/Military & Naval/Bought of Henry Cook/Tailor, Clothier & Habit Maker'. Fine.

Henry Cook opened his tailoring business in 1868 in Elizabeth Street, Hobart near Lord's Buildings. Henry Cook had been elected Mayor of Hobart in 1860-61 and after his business opened he was appointed as tailor to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. In 1869 he was acting Mayor of Hobart and then elected as Mayor until the end of the year. He was also a Justice of the Peace, Churchwarden of St David's and the first president of the Benevolent Society of Hobart. There is a monument, known as Cook's Monument, dedicated to him at the Fern Tree Pipeline development. Henry Cook died on 25 May 1890 and his business was carried on by his son, Henry Jnr.