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Haurongo: Kidson, Charles

Charles Kidson

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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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, P. C. Hazledine Collection (PAColl-3048)

Reference: 1/1-022095; G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Michael Dunn. 'Kidson, Charles', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/569/charles-kidson (accessed 4 June 2026).