Story: Kidson, Charles

Charles Kidson

A photograph of Charles Kidson posing with a carved bust and other items of sculpture

In 1906 Charles Kidson resigned his post as a teacher at the Canterbury College School of Art to become a full-time craftsman and sculptor, specialising in portraits of local dignitaries.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, P. C. Hazledine Collection (PAColl-3048)
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Michael Dunn. 'Kidson, Charles', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3k11/kidson-charles (accessed 20 April 2024)