Illuminated Addresses

Bock was in great demand as a calligrapher to memorialise notable civic and public occasions. He was commissioned to create the Illuminated Address on vellum (parchment) for Lyon & Blair's Sketch of the Catholic Church . He also rendered these two framed presentation citations which hang to this day by the Old Town Hall grand staircase in the Wellington City Council chambers. In 1883, the tables were turned when Bock was presented with an Illuminated Address by his fellow choir members at St. Peter's Church, Willis Street.