User:1senf/Mary Jane Hancock

Life
Mary Jane Hancock (1810–1896) was an artist and amateur botanist born in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Family
Mary had three brothers, John, Albany and Thomas.


 * John led the building of new museum, the Great North Museum: Hancock.
 * Albany was a key contributor in establishing the natural history society.

Career
In 1884 at the age of 74, Mary became an elected member of the Natural History Society.

Contribution:
Since she was a great influential contributor to the North's natural history collections through her work in botany. John and Albany together gave their name to The Hancock Museum, today called The Great North Museum, Hancock.

And NHSN's Women Naturalists exhibition celebrates the achievements of the pioneering women naturalists.

Art Works
Throughout her life, Mary has documented the scenery of both nature and the city through artworks. Her works utilized different media on paper, including ink in her paintings of The Old Tyne Bridge, Moot Hall, St Nicholas Cathedral and Castle, and Watercolour in her sketch of Albany Hancock and Miss Jane Bewick walking towards a cottage door in Cumbria , as well as Tynemouth Watercolor. Currently, (2023) The Natural History Society of Northumbria holds over 60 of her paintings.