Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Date: 1956

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-009

Description: In foreground a group of Maori are watching three waka coming ashore on the beach below them. The pa on Mataora is on the right Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 135 x 165 mm

Date: 1956

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-010

Description: Shows a group of eight men constructing a swing bridge over a river. Mount Taranaki is in the distance. A man on horseback with gun over his soldier is speaking to one of the group. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 143 x 195 mm

Date: 1860 - 1955

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-004

Description: Shows a soldier from 65th Regiment of Foot seated on a bench under a tree with his arm around a young woman. A paper boy is offering him a copy of the Taranaki Herald. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on greeting card 168 x 125 mm

Date: 1860 - 1952

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-001

Description: Shows a boy offering a newspaper to a soldier in the street, 1860. Mount Taranaki is in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on greeting card 173 x 125 mm

Date: 1953

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-011-A

Description: Photograph of the drawing which shows Richard Barrett and Dr Dieffenback seated outside a wooden hut on the side of a cliff. There is a smaller shelter on the cliff above them with two Maori saeted inside. A group of Maori (men, woman with child on her back and small boy) are walking up carrying fish and birds. Lower down the slope a man and his dog are seated looking out to sea. Sea birds are flying overhead and two men in a waka are seen paddling away. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Black and white photoprint 100 x 123 mm

Date: 1860 - 1961

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-006

Description: On recto: Shows a soldier on guard duty with his gun resting on his shoulder, during the New Zealand wars in Taranaki. Mount Taranaki is in the distance. Inside: Poem entitled `The sentinel' and Christmas greeting to A B Scanlan from A H Messenger, 16 Donald Street, Whangarei. On verso: Upper body portrait of a tattoed Maori warrior wearing a cloak over one shoulder, two huia feathers in his hair and holding a patu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on greeting card 190 x 140 mm

Date: 1953 - 1983

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-012

Description: Shows men, women and children clambering up a rocky pathway to the fortified pa at Paritutu Published in Taranaki Herald, 12 Mar 1983. See newspaper clipping of same at A-281-013 Inscriptions: Verso - A H Messenger depicts the defenders of Paritutu at a moment of alarm Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monochrome wash 260 x 210 mm

Date: 1860 - 1957

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-003

Description: Shows a soldier from the 65th Regiment of Foot with his jacket unbuttoned and smoking a pipe Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on greeting card 140 x 85 mm

Date: 1860 - 1956

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-002

Description: Shows three soldiers of the 65th Regiment reading the Taranaki Herald Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on greeting card 173 x 125 mm

Date: 1860 - 1952 - 1961 - 1865 - 1956

From: Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962 :[Hand-drawn greeting cards, and book illustrations. 1952-1961].

Reference: A-365-013

Description: Photograph of the drawing of a naval attack on a Maori pa [?] in Taranaki. Mount Taranaki is in the background. Shows guns being positioned and loaded for attack from an unidentified ship during the New Zealand wars, 1860s. From Messenger's Paritutu series, 1953-1956. Accompanied by a newspaper article published in the Taranaki Herald, 12 Mar 1983 entitled `Messenger, story colourful, written by Brian Scanlan; letter from A H Messenger to Scanlan, 18 Jan 1961 thanking him for a calendar Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Black and white photoprint 130 x 170 mm