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Biography: Hodgkins, Frances Mary

Frances Hodgkins at her easel

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Photograph of Frances Hodgkins painting using an easel

In 1904, when this photograph was taken, Frances Hodgkins established a teaching studio in Bowen Street, Wellington, and became engaged to be married. She relinquished both studio and fiancé in early 1905.

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Linda Gill. 'Hodgkins, Frances Mary', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/442/frances-hodgkins-at-her-easel (accessed 4 June 2026).