Benjamin Hancocks

Works

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Portrait Bust
1909 (Presumed)

H. R.
1910 (Presumed)

Golden Pheasants
1948 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address 155 Finborough Road Kensington London SW | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Lodging here together with Leonard Davies, both art students

Address 67 Aston Street Birmingham | View on map
1916 (Circa)

Address 93 Livingstone Road Kings Heath Birmingham | View on map
1948 (Presumed) - 1950

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Eighty-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1909-1910
'Portrait Bust'

Exhibited at The Eighty-Forth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1910-1911
'H. R. '

Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1948
'Golden Pheasants '

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1916
Exhibited once, two works ('The studio mirror', cat. no. 280 and 'Edna', cat. no. 320), listed as a painter

Organized Classes for Modellers, Carvers, Letter Cutters, Plaster Workers and Others (Birmingham School of Art), 1921-1932
1921 - 1932
Assistant teacher

Institutional and Business Connections

Assistant teacher of modeling at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1915 - 1953
Assistant teacher of Modelling, Stone Carving, and Letter Cutting. He was absent, presumably on military service between 1917-19 and 1939-45. He retired from the school in 1953.

Elected ARBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1948 - 1950
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate in Spring 1948. Still listed as an Associate in Autumn 1950.

Personal and Professional Connections

Colleague of William James Bloye
1915 - 1953
Hancocks was an assistant in the Department of Modelling, Stone Carving, and Letter Cutting where Bloye was Head of Department

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Student' lodging here together with Leonard Davies (born c.1889 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) also 'Art Student'

Occupation given in London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
'Teacher'

Sources

Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus 1949-50 College of Art and Branch Schools
1949

Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 13 September 1948 College of Art and Branch Schools
1948

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN128 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED41 SN34

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 13 September 1937 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1937

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 14 September 1931 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1931

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 14 September 1936 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1936

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 15 September 1930 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1930

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 16 September 1935 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1935

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 17 September 1934 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1934

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 18 September 1933 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1933

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 19 September 1932 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1932

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 10 September 1928 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1928

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 12 September 1927 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1927

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 13 September 1926 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1926

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 14 September 1925 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1925

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 15 September 1924 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1924

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 16 September 1929 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1929

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 17 September 1923 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1923

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 18 September 1922 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1922

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 19 September 1921 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1921

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Programme for the Session Commencing Monday 19 September 1921 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1921

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus for the Session Commencing 15 September 1947 College of Art and Branch Schools
1947

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus for the Session Commencing 16 September 1946 College of Art and Branch Schools
1946

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus for the Session Commencing 17 September 1945 College of Art and Branch Schools
1945

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 18 September 1939 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1939

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 19 September 1938 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1938

Classes for Modellers Stone, Ivory and Hardwood Carvers, Letter Cutters, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers and Others. Commencing on Monday, 14th September, for the Session 1925-6 Birmingham School of Art - Classes for Stone Carvers, etc
1925

Classes for Modellers Stone, Ivory and Hardwood Carvers, Letter Cutters, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers and Others. Commencing on Monday, 15th September, for the Session 1924-5 Birmingham School of Art - Classes for Stone Carvers, etc
1924

Classes for Modellers Stone, Ivory and Hardwood Carvers, Letter Cutters, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers and Others. Commencing on Monday, 17th September, for the Session 1923-4 Birmingham School of Art - Classes for Stone Carvers, etc
1923

Classes for Modellers, Carvers, Letter Cutters, Plaster Workers and Others. Commencing on Monday 19 September, for the Session 1921-1922 Birmingham School of Art - Classes for Stone Carvers, etc
1921

Classes for Stone and Marble Carvers, Modellers, Letter Cutters, Brass-workers, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers, Harwood and Ivory Carvers, and others who in any way rely on a knowledge of form. Commence on Monday, 10th September, for the Session 1928-9
1928

Classes for Stone and Marble Carvers, Modellers, Letter Cutters, Brass-workers, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers, Harwood and Ivory Carvers, and others who in any way rely on a knowledge of form. Commence on Monday, 12th September, for the Session 1927-8
1927

Classes for Stone and Marble Carvers, Modellers, Letter Cutters, Brass-workers, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers, Harwood and Ivory Carvers, and others who in any way rely on a knowledge of form. Commence on Monday, 13th September, for the Session 1926-7
1926

Classes for Stone and Marble Carvers, Modellers, Letter Cutters, Brass-workers, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers, Harwood and Ivory Carvers, and others who in any way rely on a knowledge of form. Commence on Monday, 14th September, for the Session 1931-32
1931

Classes for Stone and Marble Carvers, Modellers, Letter Cutters, Brass-workers, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers, Harwood and Ivory Carvers, and others who in any way rely on a knowledge of form. Commence on Monday, 15th September, for the Session 1930-31
1930

Classes for Stone and Marble Carvers, Modellers, Letter Cutters, Brass-workers, Chasers, Fibrous Plaster Workers, Harwood and Ivory Carvers, and others who in any way rely on a knowledge of form. Commence on Monday, 16th September, for the Session 1929-30
1929

Classes for Stone Carvers, Letter Cutters, Brass Workers, Modellers, Fibrous Plaster Workers and Others. Commencing on Monday 18 September, for the Session 1922-1923 Birmingham School of Art - Classes for Stone Carvers, etc
1922

College of Arts and Crafts Birmingham. Prospectus 1950-51 College of Art and Branch Schools
1950

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Benjamin Hancocks Birth Date: abt 1888 Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1962 Age at Death: 74 Registration district: Worthing Inferred County: Sussex Volume: 5h Page: 837

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Benjamin Hancocks Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1888 Registration district: Aston Inferred County: Warwickshire Volume: 6d Page: 295

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Peter, Fulham, Register of marriages, P77/PET, Item 019 Name: Benjamin Hancocks Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Spouse Name: Mary Elizabeth Oldfield Spouse Age: 25 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 20 Sep 1914 Parish: Fulham St Peter Borough: Hammersmith and Fulham Father Name: Benjamin Hancocks Register Type: Parish Register

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol III E-Har
1978
p. 246

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1950
1950
p. 6.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1948
1948
p. 13.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Water-Colour Paintings and Handicrafts, 1948
1948
p. 5.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Eighty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1910 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1910
p. 50.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Eighty-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1909 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1909
p. 52.