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Featured artist: John Turnbull Thomson

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Date1838-1883CreatorThomson, J.T. (John Turnbull), 1821-1884DescriptionHocken Collections hold several sketchbooks and other artworks made by Thomson during his travels as a surveyor in the mid-19th century. These works contain many early landscapes of New Zealand, especially the South Island as well as important cityscapes of Singapore and the wider Malay StraitsHistory / BiographyJohn Turnbull Thomson is an important figure for both New Zealand and Singapore, a surveyor by trade and a hobby artist he was involved in major projects in both nations. Born and trained in England, Thomson became Superintendent of Roads and Public Works in Singapore in 1844, Chief Surveyor of Otago in 1856 and finally Surveyor General of New Zealand in 1876. He died in 1884

On Grandview Mountain

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NamesThomson, J.T. (John Turnbull), 1821-1884

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