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William Rose Bock (1847-1932) arrived in Wellington from Tasmania in 1868 and was initially employed by James Hughes of Lambton Quay, one of the town's first steam printers. In 1871, he became general manager of the lithographic department of Lyon & Blair, but left in 1879 to set up his own business. Bock & Co. continued contract work with Lyon & Blair, often in the specialty areas of map printing and chromolithography as well as music printing. Bock's later partnership with Alfred Cousins was dissolved in 1889 after the landmark Featon's Art Album. W.G. Bock & Sons closed its doors in 1987.