Amy Bock

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Amy Maud Bock (1859 – 29 August 1943) was a Tasmanian-born New Zealand confidence trickster, most notably remembered for posing as Percy Redwood and marrying Agnes Ottaway in 1909

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Image: Amy Bock

Amy Bock

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Letter signed by P C Redwood, alias Amy Bock

Letter signed by P C Redwood, alias Amy Bock

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Bock with the Christoffel family

Amy Bock with the Christoffel family

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Maud Bock

Amy Maud Bock

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Bock dressed as a man

Amy Bock dressed as a man

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Caricature of Amy Bock

Caricature of Amy Bock

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Amy Bock as Percy Carol Redwood

Amy Bock as Percy Carol Redwood

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Maud Bock

Amy Maud Bock

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Men's pyjamas worn by Amy Bock as Percy Carol Redwood

Men's pyjamas worn by Amy Bock as Percy Carol Redwood

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Bock standing on a beach with a dog

Amy Bock standing on a beach with a dog

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Photographic postcard of Amy Bock's Wedding Cake

Photographic postcard of Amy Bock's Wedding Cake

Waimate Museum and Archives

Image: Amy Bock

Amy Bock

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Amy Bock as Percy Carol Redwood

Amy Bock as Percy Carol Redwood

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Bock dressed as Pierrot

Amy Bock dressed as Pierrot

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Reid, P, fl 1909 :After seven whiskies; Amy getting into her nighties The Universal Post Card Company, Dunedin [Postcard stamped Pomahaka, 18 May 1909]

Reid, P, fl 1909 :After seven whiskies; Amy getting into her nighties The Universal Post Card Company, Dunedin [Postcard stamped Pomahaka, 18 May 1...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Bock

Amy Bock

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Tainui Boarding House, Mokau, with a group on the verandah

Tainui Boarding House, Mokau, with a group on the verandah

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Bock dressed in men's clothing

Amy Bock dressed in men's clothing

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Amy Maud Bock

Amy Maud Bock

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: AMY BOCK SKETCHED IN THE DCCX IN THE DUNEDIN CITY POLICE COURT. (Otago Witness, 12 May 1909)

AMY BOCK SKETCHED IN THE DCCX IN THE DUNEDIN CITY POLICE COURT. (Otago Witness, 12 May 1909)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: MISS AMY BOCK, of Dunedm, The Adventuress who posed as a man, and whose escapades in the South have astonished and amazed NewZealanders. (New Zealand Free Lance, 01 May 1909)

MISS AMY BOCK, of Dunedm, The Adventuress who posed as a man, and whose escapades in the South have astonished and amazed NewZealanders. (New Zeal...

National Library of New Zealand