Pocock created a group of eight to ten etchings of Bristol views, which enabled him to produce multiple copies of the same scenes which he then hand-coloured. These prints of Bristol views were widely circulated, selling so well that John Pinney wrote to his son in Frankfurt: 'It is very difficult to get a set of Mr Pocock's views, but as I have one by me which I purchased some time ago for my new house, I will get them framed and glazed'. (Cordingly p 40) Bristol's landscape had been illustrated by artists such as Thomas Smith Of Derby and contemporaries such as Edmund Garvey, as well as unnamed artists from the early part of the century. It's possible that the wide circulation of Pocock's etched images of the river, from the harbour along to Channel, helped to open up the scenery of Bristol to the generations of painters who would follow - such as JMW Turner and Thomas Girtin who visited as young men.