Samuel Cocks b. 11 November 1870

Also known as S. Cocks
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Landscape painter in watercolour and professional photographer based in Kiama, New South Wales active from 1890-1930s. Cocks exhibited with the Society of Artists in 1895 and was winning prizes for his photography by 1896. He became one of the most active recorders of Kiama and surrounding districts. A large archive of negatives and prints survives.
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Name
Samuel Cocks
Also known as S. Cocks
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Photographer)
Birth date
11 November 1870
Birth place
Bathurst, NSW
Death date
27 April 1948
Death place
Kiama, NSW
Burial place
Woronora Crematorium , 121 Linden St, Sutherland NSW 2232, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1890 - c.1940-1949
Residence
  • c.1880-1889 - c.1948 Kiama, NSW
Training
  • -
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 9348/1948; 13888/1912; 37/1939'.>, <ExternalResource: (1890), Sydney Morning Herald, 01-08, p. 8.>, <ExternalResource: (1890), Illustrated Sydney News, 01-22, p. 22.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Anderson, Ingrid.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Deakin, Edwina.>, <ExternalResource: Photograms of the Year Dawbarn, London, 1900 pp 45,49,illus p.46>, <ExternalResource: Photograms of the Year , 1904 p.32>, <ExternalResource: Robyn Florence and Graham Harmer, The man behind the camera Samuel Cocks artist and photographer 1870-1948, Kiama Historical Society, c 2021 >] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 9348/1948; 13888/1912; 37/1939'.>, <ExternalResource: (1890), Sydney Morning Herald, 01-08, p. 8.>, <ExternalResource: (1890), Illustrated Sydney News, 01-22, p. 22.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Anderson, Ingrid.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Deakin, Edwina.>, <ExternalResource: Photograms of the Year Dawbarn, London, 1900 pp 45,49,illus p.46>, <ExternalResource: Photograms of the Year , 1904 p.32>]