Elizabeth Hocken

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Elizabeth (Bessie) Mary Hocken (née Buckland; 25 October 1848 – 19 April 1933), was an artist and translator from New Zealand.[1]

Biography[]

Hocken was born in Auckland on 25 October 1848 to merchants William Thorne Buckland and Susan (née Channing).[1][2] In 1883 she married Dunedin-based doctor Thomas Morland Hocken in Invercargill.[3] Her husband was a keen collector of documents describing early European settlement in New Zealand, and Hocken used her skills in painting (oils and water-colours), photography and translation to assist him in recording and illustrating his historical work.[4][5] She painted original works and also copied historical works from private collections to add to those acquired by her husband.[6][7] Hocken also helped her husband translate the text of Abel Tasman’s 1642 voyage from Dutch to English.[3][8]

Hocken was awarded a prize for flower painting at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin in 1889–90, and exhibited with the from 1887 to 1914.[4]

Hocken died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 19 April 1933.[1][9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "HOCKEN, Elizabeth Mary | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Person page 1,126". Pre 1846 early New Zealand history. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "E. M. Hocken | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hocken, Elizabeth Mary, 1848-1933". Hocken, Elizabeth Mary, 1848-1933 | Items | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1848. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Hocken: How a Dunedin surgeon became one of New Zealand's foremost collectors". Stuff. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ Hocken, Elizabeth Mary; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Lutheran church, Ruapuke Island". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. ^ Library, University of Otago. "Forever After: Conversations with the Past". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  8. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Hocken, Thomas Morland". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Official notification: death of Mrs. T. M. Hockin [sic]". Stratford Evening Post. 24 May 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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