Edward S. Hodgson
Edward S. Hodgson | |
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Born | Scottish | 25 April 1866
Occupation(s) | Artist and Illustrator |
Years active | 1886–1925[note 1] |
Known for | Illustrating 17 books by Percy F. Westerman |
Edward S. Hodgson (25 April 1866 – 15 April 1937)
Biography
Edward was born in the afternoon of 25 April 1866 at Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.[4][note 2] His father Alfred (c. 1852 – 1881),[7]: 234 a machinist from Bordeaux France was then employed as a railway mechanic. His mother was Jessie Hanton Dryden (born c. 1833).
Hodgson began his career as a sailor, but owing to an accident to his leg, he was forced to give up the sea. As he had a flair for painting, he took up art and was trained by W. M. Grubb at the High School of Dundee.[8]
Hodgson married Mary Wilson Crowe (14 Feb 1871 – 16 February 1945) in St Peter's Parish, Dundee, on 4 June 1894, and the marriage was registered the following day. Mary was the daughter of David Crowe, a wine and spirit merchant.[9] The couple had at least three children:
- David Crowe Hodgson (16 August 1895 – 21 July 1937)[10][11][note 3]
- Ronald Hodgson (born 27 February 1899)[13]
- George Dryden Hodgson (17 May 1902 – 20 November 1955)[13][14]
Hodgson moved to England in 1894, settling at
Hodgson continued to work until almost the end of his life. He died on Thursday 15 April 1937 at
Career
After abandoning his maritime career he studied art. However, ships and the sea were a constant feature of his output, especially as an illustrator. He was successful at the Dundee School of Art and was awarded the grade "good with a certificate" for both freehand drawing and practical geometry in the Second Grade exams 1884.[18] [note 5] The following year he was awarded a first class art teachers certificate in Practical Plane and solid geometry, and a second class certificate in Building Construction, Elementary Stage, as well as a teachers certificate in drawing and shading groups of models in the Third Class exams at the Dundee School of Art.[19] He used his certificate and taught art in several private schools in the district.[12]
He established a studio in Reform Street, Dundee.[8] He was a frequent exhibitor in Dundee, mainly of landscapes and seascapes.[12] He exhibited The Lass that Baits the Line at the Dundee Fine Art Exhibition in 1886, and it was adjudged to be "a small but promising work in its execution."[3] He showed a "beautiful watercolour of Dundee" and three "very clever" oil paintings at the Annual Exhibition of the Dundee Art Club in 1888.[20] Hodgson was elected vice president of the newly formed "Graphic Arts Association" in January 1890,[21] and was re-elected at the end of the year.[22] He exhibited one work at the 1890 Dundee Fine Art Exhibition and five at the same venue in 1891.[23][24] The Dundee Directory of 1890-91 gave Hodgson as the Vice President of the Dundee Graphics Arts Association,[25] and living at Baldovan Villa, Baldovan, Dundee.[26]
Hodgson was not only a painter an illustrator, but also an etcher. He produced prints of two etchings in 1891 which were said to be "extremely pleasing both in conception and execution" and showed his "attainment of very creditable mastery of the technique of the etcher's art."[27] In that year also he produced a portfolio of six etchings of scenes in Dundee,[note 6] which were said to be "graceful transcripts of local scenery".[28] In the following year, his etching of Dundee from the River was accepted by Queen Victoria, whose private secretary thanked Hodgson for his "finely executed etching." The etching had been published by Liddle of Dundee.[30] In 1894 Hodson had "a beautiful etching" of Fettes College, Edinburgh published by print makers Dickinson and Foster of Bond Street in London.[15]
In 1894 Hodgson moved to
Magazine illustration
By 1900 he was illustrating for magazines, and his work eventually appeared in, among others:[7]: 235
- The Captain
- Cassell's Family Magazine
- Chums
- The Girl's Realm
- The Graphic
- The Illustrated London News
- Little Folks
- The Pall Mall Magazine
- Pearson's Magazine
- The Quiver
- The Royal Magazine
- The Sphere
- The Strand Magazine
- The Wide World Magazine
- The Windsor Magazine
- The Sketch
During the
Book illustration
In 1896, Hodgson illustrated a reissue of Victor Hugo's The Toilers of the Sea.[7]: 235 In 1907 he illustrated The Pearl Seekers by Alexander Macdonald FRGS with "some splendid illustrations".[33]
Among the writers whose work Hodgson illustrated were:[note 7]
- water-colourist.
- John Barrow (1808–1898), the second son of Sir John Barrow, he was head of the Admiralty Records Office, who wrote and edited travelogues.[34]
- Scottishwriter and journalist, best remimbered for his comic fictional creation, Wee Macgreegor.
- F. S. Brereton (1872–1957), who wrote tales of Imperial heroism for children.
- nauticalsetting.
- Englishnovelist, biographer, world traveller, and writer on miscellaneous topics.
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), who created a unique form of American literature with his historical fiction with frontier and Native American themes.
- SPCK, who had eight children by Frank Cowper, yachtsman and author, from whom she separated shortly after the last of her children was born.
- Bernard Heldmann (1857–1915), a prolific author who published 76 novels and hundreds of short stories.[35]
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885), A French poet, dramatist, and novelist, who is now best remembered for Les Misérables, (1862) and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831)
- juvenile fiction to show boys what life in the modern navy was really like.[note 8]
- W. H. G. Kingston (1814–1880), who wrote boy's adventure fiction.
- Alexander Macdonald (1878–1939), FRGS, an explorer, miner, film maker, and author of boys' adventure stories.[36][37]
- Frederick Marryat (1792–1848), a Royal Navy officer who wrote adventure books for children.
- L. T. Meade (1844–1914), Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, a prolific Irish writer of stories for girls.
- Frank Hubert Shaw (1878–1960), a Royal Navy officer who saw service in World War One and a prolific author who wrote some seventy books and estimated 7,000 boys' magazine stories writing as Frank H. Shaw, Frank Cleveland, Archibald Guthrie, Grenville Hammerton, Frank Hubert, and Ernest Winchfield.[38]
- Dorothy à Beckett Terrell (1879–1949), a writer of five romantic novels for young women, one of which Sister-in-Chief (Cassell, London, 1912) won a £250 prize for girl's stories.[39]
- Jules Verne (1828–1905), the French novelist poet and playwright, sometimes called the "Father of Science Fiction".
- Percy Westerman (1875–1959), a prolific author of boys' adventure fiction, many with military and naval themes. Hodgson illustrated seventeen books by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrations for books by Percy F. Westerman
Three of the sets of illustrations by Hodgson for books by Westerman are shown below.[note 9]
In 1916 Hodgson illustrated Rounding up the Raider (
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Hodgson also provided the illustrations for Under the White Ensign by Westerman (Blackie and Son, London, 1917). In this story, two young Royal Naval Reserve officers have various adventures on their
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Another work by Westerman that Hodgson illustrated was The Third Officer (Blackie and Son, London, 1921). This was a story of post-war piracy in which the crew of a ship are imprisoned on a small island and escape in a small open boat, only to face further disaster.[44] Illustrations by courtesy of Project Gutenberg.[45]
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Notes
- ^ Houfe states that Hodgson was active from 1908 to 1925.[1]Peppin and Micklethwait say that he was active from 1908 to 1936.[2] However, he was already exhibiting from 1886.[3]
- ^ Angus was known officially as Forfarshire until May 1928.[6]
- ^ David made a name for himself as a singer.[12]
- ^ Kirkpatrick gives the date of cremation as 23 April 1937.[7]: 235
- Department of Science and Art in South Kensington.
- ^ The scenes were the High Street, the Old Steeple, the Royal Exchange, part of Hilltown, the Custom House, and the Dock House.[28] The artists proofs of the etchings, signed by Hodgson, were offered for sale in 1926 for 12s 6d. (£0.625) each unframed.[29]
- ^ The list of authors is based on the list of books illustrated by Hodgson from Kirkpatrick.[7]: 236-238
- Blackie & Son, London, 1908.
- ^ Two more sets of illustration of Westerman's books by Hodgson can be found on Percy Westerman's page.
References
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- ^ Dundee Courier (Thursday 11 November 1886): 2. 11 November 1886. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "1866:272 No. 243:Hodgson, Edward Smith". Statutory Register Births. National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ Dundee Courier (Monday 19 April 1937): 12. 19 April 1937. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- Aberdeen Press and Journal (Thursday 03 May 1928): 6. 3 May 1928. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f Kirkpatrick, Robert J. The Men Who Drew For Boys (And Girls): 101 Forgotten Illustrators of Children's Books: 1844-1970. London: Robert J. Kirkpatrick.
- ^ Dundee Evening Telegraph (Monday 19 April 1937): 1. 19 April 1937. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1894:282/1 No. 79:Hodgson, Edward Smith". Statutory Register Marriages. National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- Dundee Evening Telegraph (Saturday 17 August 1895): 2. 17 August 1895. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Hodgson and the year of death 1938". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Dundee Courier (Tuesday 20 April 1937): 5. 20 April 1937. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b National Archives (29 September 1939). 1939 Register: Reference: RG 101/1701A: E.D. DHIA. Kew: National Archives.
- ^ "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Hodgson and the year of death 1956". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Dundee Evening Telegraph (Friday 27 July 1894): 2. 27 July 1894. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Hodgson and the year of death 1945". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ National Archives (29 September 1939). 1939 Register: Reference: RG 101/1701A E.D. DHIA. Kew: National Archives.
- Dundee Courier (Saturday 06 September 1884): 1. 6 September 1884. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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- Dundee Courier (Wednesday 29 January 1890): 3. 29 January 1890. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- Dundee Courier (Monday 22 December 1890): 2. 22 December 1890. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dundee Fine Art Exhibition: Second Notice". Dundee Advertiser (Wednesday 05 November 1890): 2. 5 November 1890. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dundee Fine Art Exhibition: Second Notice". Dundee Advertiser (Tuesday 01 December 1891): 2. 1 December 1891. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Educational and Literary Institutions". The Dundee Directory 1890-91. p. 67. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
- ^ "Rural District Directory". The Dundee Directory 1890-91. p. 718. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
- Dundee Evening Telegraph (Monday 10 October 1892): 2. 10 October 1892. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Dundee Evening Telegraph (Friday 26 June 1891): 2. 26 June 1891. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- Dundee Courier (Thursday 24 June 1926): 1. 24 June 1926. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- Dundee Courier (Monday 06 February 1893): 2. 6 February 1893. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Edwards, Lee M. (1987). "Hubert von Herkomer: 'Sympathy for the old and for suffering mankind'". In Treuherz, Julian (ed.). Hard Times: Social Realism in Victorian art. London: Lund Humphries. p. 92. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dundee Fine Art Exhibition: Second Notice". Dundee Advertiser (Tuesday 19 November 1895): 3. 19 November 1895. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- Dundee Courier (Saturday 14 December 1907): 6. 14 December 1907. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ Vuohelainen, Minna. "Bernard Heldmann and the Union Jack, 1880-83: The making of a professional author" (PDF). Victorian Periodicals Review. 47 (1): 106. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Alexander Macdonald's adventures on Christmas Island". Christmas Island Archives. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Colourful life ends". The Cairns Post (Saturday 01 April 1939): 8. 1 April 1939. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via The National Library of Australia.
- ^ Clute, John; Ashley, Mike (27 November 2018). "Shaw, Frank H". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ Thompson, A. Scott (11 October 2019). British & Irish Women Writers of Fiction 1910-1960. San Francisco: Furrowed Middlebrow. p. 412. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Reviews". Army and Navy Gazette (Saturday 30 December 1916): 7. 30 December 1916. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Westerman, Percy F. (1916). Rounding up the Raider: A Naval Story of the Great War. London: Blackie & Son. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Project Gutenberg.
- ^ "Books for the Young". The Graphic (Saturday 08 December 1917): 36. 8 December 1917. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Westerman, Percy F. (1917). Under the White Ensign: A Naval Story of the Great War. London: Blackie & Son. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Project Gutenberg.
- Aberdeen Press and Journal (Thursday 01 December 1921): 2. 1 December 1921. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Westerman, Percy F. (1921). The Third Officer: A Present-day Pirate Story. London: Blackie & Son. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Project Gutenberg.
External links
- 9707. Edward S. Hodgson at Project Gutenberg
- Works related to Edward S. Hodgson at Wikisource